🪽Waiting for the storks🪽 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Why does Sofia want to block out her polish past?
What do the Poles believe the stork represents?
good fortune,
How did Auntie Barbra die?
she died in the concentration camp
Why did Gudrun have a grudge towards Sofia when she joined the class?
because sofia was smarter than her
How did Heidi and Sofia become friends?
they met in the bakery
What are Zofia’s real parent’s names?
What colour hair and eyes did all the children have
they all have blond hair and blue eyes and pale skin
if you had lice, what did they do to your hair?
they shaved it
What is Zofia’s Tata’s job
he was a tailor
What is Tata’s job in the Secret Polish Resistance?
sewing messages in the seams of the clothing he made
What material did Mr Wojcjk give to tata to sew into a suit?
green striped velvet from his curtains
Why did the nurses, doctors and teachers want to turn them into German children when they are Polish children?
How did Heidi and Zofia escape Heidi’s house when America started bombing the city?
Why didn’t the nurses at the boarding school want Zofia and her friends praying?
because she wanted them to pray to hitler not god
What was the name of Tata’s shop?
Why did Aunty Barbra live with the Ulinski family?
the Germans kicked her out of her apartment, so she had nowhere to live
Why didn’t the Germans want the children speaking Polish?
so they thought they where german
what do the children do to get water in the truck
they lick the wet canvas
what present does sofia give heidi
a kitten called bibbenstocks
Why did Gudrun name her kitten Dandelion?
she had soft fur like a dandelion
What are her real parent’s names?
What are Sofia’s German parent’s names?
Who’s older, Aunt Barbra or Mama?
What was the surprise that tata had that was better than crimson spotted velvet?
her mother
