I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 Quotes

“But eleven-year-old Max Rosen was determined to stay alive.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944

“Max gripped Zena’s hand and they ran for their lives. Their only hope was a nearby swamp. They could hide in the mud and slime, with the snakes and the snapping turtles and the razor-sharp grass. But”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944

“Different partisan groups were targeting trains all over the east. Lately they’d been destroying hundreds of trains every week.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944

“Max thought of a Bible story he’d loved when he was little — about the Jewish boy David who’d fought against the monstrous warrior Goliath. The Jews were in the middle of a war back then, too, fighting against their most feared enemy, the Philistines. And Goliath was the most terrifying Philistine warrior of all. He stood nine feet tall, with the finest bronze armor and sharpest sword and javelin. Goliath taunted the Jews, daring them to send their toughest soldiers to fight him. But nobody would accept Goliath’s challenge. Even the most famous Jewish warriors said it was hopeless, that no Jew stood a chance against Goliath. But David refused to believe that. He wasn’t a soldier, just a shepherd. He didn’t have armor or a sword, only a slingshot. But he was fierce and smart and determined to fight. Goliath just laughed when skinny David stepped up to fight him. But then David shot at him with his slingshot. One small rock struck Goliath in the head. Goliath fell to the ground. David lunged forward and grabbed Goliath’s sword and — whack! — he chopped off Goliath’s head. The Jews soon won the war, and David became their king.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944

“And a feeling came over him, as if he’d found something he’d lost, something precious. His hope.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944

“What had Dr. Latham done to deserve a beating?”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944

“Hitler takes his own life.”
― Lauren Tarshis, I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944