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Hanna's Apartment

A small, furnished, cheap place on the upper floor of an urban tenement.

The Railcar

Hanna's place of employment.

Michael's Vacation Courtesy Note

Michael's plans for breakfast one day during Easter vacation.

Mr. Berg's Home Library

A room that symbolizes the differences between educated Michael and illiterate, uneducated Hanna.

Public Swimming Pool

The center of Michael's high-school social life where he spends most of his free time.

War Crimes Court

Much of the setting for Part 2 of the novel.

Auschwitz Concentration Camp and Satellite Work Camps

The site of the worst atrocities by the Nazis in World War II.

Struthof-Natzweiler Concentration Camp

A site Michael visits to understand more about the war.

Selections

A process through which prisoners were chosen for execution.

The Survivor's Book

Evidence of the defendants' involvement in the war crimes for which they are on trial.

Books on Tape

Michael's primary form...

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