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Would you risk your life for your best friend? Well, Annemarie might have to. This story takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark in the 1940s. Annemarie Johanson is a Dane, she has short blonde hair and runs super quick she has a best friend named Ellen Rosen is a Jew, she has long dark hair and doesn’t run quite as fast. Annemarie’s family is now trying to help Ellen’s family because the Nazis are planning to relocate all the Jews in Copenhagen. There was a under ground society called the Free Danes that don’t think its fair how Jews are being treated. While trying to help them Ellen almost got caught at the Johansons on the night of relocation. It’s illegal to help Jew. She might get caught or she might not, trying to run from the Nazis they almost get caught several times. Then one night, Ellen has to leave for Sweden. It’s the only place not populated by the Nazis and it’s safe for now. Will Ellen be safe? Will Annemarie ever see her again?

Hannah Walsdorf