Liesel is sent to live with foster parents because her mother cannot afford to keep her. Her mother is also very sick and couldn't afford to take care of herself. Like many during those hard times in Europe, they found foster parents to take in their kids until they could get back on their feet. Both Liesel and her brother were to go to the new foster parents, but her brother died on the train...
Liesel is sent to live with foster parents because her mother cannot afford to keep her. Her mother is also very sick and couldn't afford to take care of herself. Like many during those hard times in Europe, they found foster parents to take in their kids until they could get back on their feet. Both Liesel and her brother were to go to the new foster parents, but her brother died on the train ride there. Liesel soon meets Hans and Rosa Hubermann who live on Himmel Street in Molching, Germany. The description of the street where Liesel plays out a few years of her childhood is as follows:
"The buildings appear to be glued together, mostly small houses and apartment blocks that look nervous. There is murky snow spread out like carpet. There is concrete, empty hat-stand trees, and gray air" (27).
A few pages later, a more detailed description of Liesel's new home is described as a small house with only a few rooms. They were lucky to have their own kitchen, but they had to share an outhouse with a few other neighbors. They also had a basement which would become a home for Max, a Jew in hiding. The basement, however, was not the "adequate depth" for hiding during an air raid in 1942 and 1943.
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