Basic Information

Setting

Time

• World War II

• Most of the novel happens between 1939-1942

• 1945 - End of World War II

Location

• Molching, Germany

  • Molching is close to the REAL city of Munich

    • Munich is the center of Nazi activity

  • Molching is a FICTIONAL place

  • It is on the way to Dachau

    • Dachau is the location of a concentration camp

• Himmel Street

  • Street where the Hubermanns and Steiners live

Narrator

• The narrator of the story is Death

• First person Omniscient

  • Death describes the characters' thoughts and feelings

Genre

• Historical Fiction