I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 1. Before she disappeared, their Aunt Hannah told Max not to let the Nazis take away his ___.
  • 3. Max and Zena could not resist a bush full of ripe ___ just outside the barbed wire fence surrounding the ghetto.
  • 5. Max and Zena Rosen's mother died, and ___ soldiers took away their father in the middle of the night.
  • 6. A kind farmer finds Max and Zena, feeds them, and hides them in a secret compartment in his ___.
  • 9. The ___ were courageous people who lived in secrecy in the forests and woods of Europe in order to help thwart the Nazis.
  • 10. When he is taken away by a Nazi soldier, Zena follows and luckily the two siblings ___.

Down

  • 2. In 1944, life inside the Jewish ghetto of Esties, ___ is difficult for everyone.
  • 4. To their surprise, the farmer is also hiding ___ fighters in the barn.
  • 7. When they are reunited with their aunt, they find out that she is part of a ___ organization that blew up a German train carrying supplies.
  • 8. Max and Zena fall asleep in a ___ field.

Word Bank

poland
nazi
hope
raspberries
escape
wheat
hayloft
resistance
partisans
secret