Book+Review---Jacob's+Rescue



=Jacob Gutgeld lives in Warsaw Poland, in the year, 1939 when the Nazis first invade Poland. Over time, the Jewish people start losing their rights such as going to school and playing outside while non-Jewish families could. Soon, Jacob’s comfortable lifestyle vanishes and is replaced with one that is living in poverty and harsh conditions. Jacob forms a close relationship with the non-Jewish family, the Roslan,who hide him from Nazi’s in their household. However, not all of Jacob’s family members survive. His brothers come down with Scarlet fever and are not able to seek medical attention because they may kidnap by the Nazis. Throughout the story, the Roslan family has to keep moving to prevent the Nazis from finding Jacob. By the end of the story, Jacob immigrates to America with the Roslan family and is united with his father.=

Jacob was young at the time of the Holocaust. He lived with his grandma and his two brothers. Jacob's mom died giving birth to his brother David. Jacob is the oldest, then David and last Sholom. Their father left them after Jacob was born. One by one the Jews started to lose their rights. At first, the Jews didn't mind, but once they were locked in the ghettos and when the Nazis started to take family members to the concentration camps, that was just too much. David and Sholom were young, but they were old enough to be sent to work in the concentration camps. Jacob's grandma sent Jacob and his brothers away to go into hiding. Jacob was sent away to go live with the Roslan family. David and Sholom were sent to the country because if they cried someone might hear them. The Rosan family weren't Jewish, but they hid Jacob anyway. The father's name was Alex, the mother's name was Mela, the son's name was Yurek, and the daughter's name was Marishka. At first, the kids didn't like Jacob, but they became best friends. Jacob did the kids homework, because he was good in school. Alex built a hiding spot under the sink for Jacob to hide in. The family later decided to move into a bigger house to hide Jacob's brother Sholom. All four of the kids got sick with scarlet fever. Jacob and Sholom snuck into the hospital. Alex had to pay extra money to keep the kids a secret. All of them got better except for Sholom who got worse. They had to sell their new house to pay for the doctor appointments. They moved into a run down place. Mela got mad that they had to sell the house and she threatened to turn the boys in and get a ransom. Find out what happens to Jacob, David, Sholom, and the Roslan family by reading this book.