Himmel Street bombing
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The Himmel Street bombing is the devastating air raid in Markus Zusak’s novel "The Book Thief" that destroys Liesel Meminger’s neighborhood and kills most of the people she loves.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air raid
ⓘ
bombing ⓘ fictional event ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | 2013 film adaptation of The Book Thief ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Book Thief NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfWork | Markus Zusak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeInStory | Allied bombing raid ⓘ |
| centralCharacterAffected | Liesel Meminger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublicationOfWork | Australia GENERATED ⓘ |
| dateOfPublicationContext | 2005 ⓘ |
| destroys |
Himmel Street houses
ⓘ
Hubermann household ⓘ Steiner household ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Brian Percival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| filmPortrayalOfCharacterAffected | Liesel Meminger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | historical fiction ⓘ |
| killsCharacter |
Hans Hubermann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Himmel Street residents ⓘ Rosa Hubermann NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudy Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Steiner family members ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| leadsTo |
Liesel’s later life in Australia
ⓘ
Liesel’s reunion with Max Vandenburg ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of the most memorable scenes in The Book Thief ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narratedBy | Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
climax of the novel
ⓘ
turning point in Liesel Meminger’s life ⓘ |
| occursDuringConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursInCountry | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursInFictionalLocation | Himmel Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursInFictionalTown | Molching NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prefiguredBy | Death’s earlier foreshadowing ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstEditionContext | Picador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCharacter |
Ilsa Hermann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Max Vandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Book Thief (2013 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| survivor |
Alex Steiner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Liesel Meminger NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Holtzapfel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeRelation |
contrasts everyday life with sudden destruction
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emphasizes loss and grief ⓘ highlights the brutality of war ⓘ illustrates the randomness of death ⓘ |
| timeInStory | late in the narrative timeline ⓘ |
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