The Hubermann family

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The Hubermann family is a fictional working-class German household in the novel "The Book Thief," known for their quiet resistance to Nazism and their compassionate sheltering of a Jewish man during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional family
literary character group
adoptiveParentOf Liesel Meminger NERFINISHED
appearsIn The Book Thief NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent bombing of Himmel Street
author Markus Zusak NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Germany
economicStatus poor
ethnicGroup Germans
fictionalUniverse The Book Thief NERFINISHED
firstAppearance The Book Thief (2005 novel) NERFINISHED
genre historical fiction
hasFictionalRole foster family of the protagonist
hasMoralAlignment benevolent
hasNarratorContext narrated by Death
knownFor compassion toward persecuted individuals
quiet resistance to Nazism
sheltering a Jewish man
languageOfWorkOrName English
literarySignificance symbol of moral courage among ordinary Germans
locatedInFictional Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
medium novel
member Hans Hubermann NERFINISHED
Liesel Meminger NERFINISHED
Rosa Hubermann NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction caretakers of Liesel Meminger
occupationContext house painter and accordion player (Hans Hubermann)
laundress (Rosa Hubermann)
opposes Nazism
antisemitism
originalLanguageOfNarrativeContext German GENERATED
portrayedAs compassionate despite hardship
publisherOfWorkWhereTheyAppear Knopf Books for Young Readers NERFINISHED
Picador NERFINISHED
residence Himmel Street NERFINISHED
Molching NERFINISHED
risked punishment by Nazi authorities
setDuring World War II NERFINISHED
setInPeriod Nazi era
settingCountryInFiction Germany NERFINISHED
shelters Max Vandenburg NERFINISHED
socialClass working class
targetAudienceContext young adult readers
themeInWork family and found family
humanity during wartime
ordinary German resistance

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Molching hasResident The Hubermann family
Max Vandenburg livesWith The Hubermann family
this entity surface form: Hubermann family