Molching
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Molching is a fictional small German town near Munich that serves as the primary backdrop for Markus Zusak’s World War II novel "The Book Thief."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Molching canonical | 6 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ setting of a novel ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Book Thief ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| createdBy | Markus Zusak ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Nazi Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi Party (in-fiction)
|
| hasBuilding |
Frau Diller’s shop
ⓘ
Frau Holtzapfel’s house ⓘ Hubermann house on Himmel Street ⓘ Molching school ⓘ Steiner House ⓘ
surface form:
Steiner house on Himmel Street
air-raid shelters ⓘ the mayor’s house ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
Jesse Owens incident involving Rudy
ⓘ
Max Vandenburg’s hiding in the Hubermann basement ⓘ air raid on Molching ⓘ book burnings ⓘ destruction of Himmel Street ⓘ parades of Jewish prisoners ⓘ |
| hasNeighborhood | Himmel Street neighborhood ⓘ |
| hasResident |
Frau Holtzapfel
ⓘ
surface form:
Frau Diller
Frau Holtzapfel ⓘ Hans Hubermann ⓘ Liesel Meminger ⓘ Max Vandenburg ⓘ Rosa Hubermann ⓘ Rudy Steiner ⓘ The Hubermann family ⓘ The Meminger family (foster arrangement) ⓘ The Steiner family ⓘ Tommy Müller ⓘ |
| hasStreet |
Frau Holtzapfel’s street
ⓘ
Himmel Street ⓘ Munich Street ⓘ |
| hasThemeRole |
depicts everyday life under Nazism
ⓘ
illustrates impact of war on civilians ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real Bavarian small towns near Munich ⓘ |
| languageOfDepiction | English ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Munich ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
central backdrop for Liesel Meminger’s story
ⓘ
site of Death’s observations in The Book Thief ⓘ |
| primarySettingOf | The Book Thief ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Third Reich
ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi era
World War II ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.