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| ==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
| Hannah Stern is a Jewish girl living in the present day |
Hannah Stern is a Jewish girl living in the present day. She is bored by her relative's stories about the past, is not looking forward to the Passover Seder, and is tired of her religion. When Hannah symbolically opens the door for the prophet ], she is transported back in time to 1941 | ||
| Poland, during ]. | Poland, during ], though she is not aware of the time period.. | ||
| Hannah then goes to a Jewish wedding |
Hannah then goes to a Jewish wedding. At the wedding she learns it is "]." When Nazis come and round up the people involved in the wedding she learns that it is October 1941. She tells the fellow wedding goers about the holocaust but they don't believe her. | ||
| After being brought to a Nazi concentration camp the men and women are separated. the rabbi disagrees with the Nazi leader, who says he will "deal with him later." | After being brought to a Nazi concentration camp the men and women are separated. the rabbi disagrees with the Nazi leader, who says he will "deal with him later." | ||
| Hannah and the other women are stripped, shaved, and |
Hannah and the other women are stripped, shaved, and tattooed with a number. They are then thrown into barracks.Hannah and the other women are forced to dig trenches in the camp. As one of the women is pregnant she clinched in her stomach with a belt. After the Nazis say there is a breakout of typhus in the women's quarters, the rabbis female family members are taken away, presumably to the gas chambers. When the men hear about this, the can't take it anymore. | ||
| Some of the men from the wedding, including the groom and the rabbis son, decide to attempt an escape even though Hannah begs them not to. They are caught and hanged as everyone watches. | Some of the men from the wedding, including the groom and the rabbis son, decide to attempt an escape even though Hannah begs them not to. They are caught and hanged as everyone watches. | ||
| The women from Hannah's Barack gives birth. After her baby is found, the mother and her child are sent to the gas chambers along with Hannah's aunt. | The women from Hannah's Barack gives birth. After her baby is found, the mother and her child are sent to the gas chambers along with Hannah's aunt. | ||
| == Adaptations == | == Adaptations == | ||
| The novel was adapted into a 1999 Showtime television film with the same title, starring ] and ].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=April 15, 2000|title=Year 2000 Nebula Nominations (Press Release)|url=http://www.sfwa.org/members/nebula/NEBPub1.doc|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.is/20121201233816/http://www.sfwa.org/members/nebula/NEBPub1.doc|archive-date=December 1, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2011|publisher=SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America)|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | The novel was adapted into a 1999 ] ] with the same title, starring ] and ].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=April 15, 2000|title=Year 2000 Nebula Nominations (Press Release)|url=http://www.sfwa.org/members/nebula/NEBPub1.doc|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.is/20121201233816/http://www.sfwa.org/members/nebula/NEBPub1.doc|archive-date=December 1, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2011|publisher=SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America)|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | ||
| == Awards == | == Awards == | ||
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This article is about the novel. For the TV movie, see The Devil's Arithmetic (film).The Devil's Arithmetic is a historical fiction novel written by American author Jane Yolen and published in 1988. The book is about Hannah Stern, a Jewish girl who lives in New Rochelle, New York and is sent back in time to experience the Holocaust. During a Passover Seder, Hannah is transported back in time to 1941 Poland, during World War II, where she is sent to a work camp and learns the importance of knowing about the past.
Plot
Hannah Stern is a Jewish girl living in the present day. She is bored by her relative's stories about the past, is not looking forward to the Passover Seder, and is tired of her religion. When Hannah symbolically opens the door for the prophet Elijah, she is transported back in time to 1941 Poland, during World War II, though she is not aware of the time period.. Hannah then goes to a Jewish wedding. At the wedding she learns it is "year 5,703." When Nazis come and round up the people involved in the wedding she learns that it is October 1941. She tells the fellow wedding goers about the holocaust but they don't believe her.
After being brought to a Nazi concentration camp the men and women are separated. the rabbi disagrees with the Nazi leader, who says he will "deal with him later." Hannah and the other women are stripped, shaved, and tattooed with a number. They are then thrown into barracks.Hannah and the other women are forced to dig trenches in the camp. As one of the women is pregnant she clinched in her stomach with a belt. After the Nazis say there is a breakout of typhus in the women's quarters, the rabbis female family members are taken away, presumably to the gas chambers. When the men hear about this, the can't take it anymore. Some of the men from the wedding, including the groom and the rabbis son, decide to attempt an escape even though Hannah begs them not to. They are caught and hanged as everyone watches. The women from Hannah's Barack gives birth. After her baby is found, the mother and her child are sent to the gas chambers along with Hannah's aunt.
Adaptations
The novel was adapted into a 1999 Showtime television film with the same title, starring Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy.
Awards
The Devil's Arithmetic was nominated for the Nebula award for best novella in 1988 and won the National Jewish Book Award (in the children's literature category) in 1989. The script for the television movie was also nominated for a Nebula Award.
References
- ^ "Year 2000 Nebula Nominations (Press Release)". SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America). April 15, 2000. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "(Awards & Nominations)". Jane Yolen. May 18, 2003. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved January 20, 2020.