In1941- My Novel

In 1941- My Novel

By: Awesome Abbie

Zelenda Johnson was a normal Czech girl living in Czechoslovakia during World War II. When the soldiers marched into her small town, her life was changed. It started on a beautiful spring day in 1941. Daffodils and daisies were blooming and butterflies were flying. It was 1:00 in the afternoon, when Hitler’s troops came. Zelenda was reading “The Wind in the Willows” and her mother and father were talking quietly. Her sister, Loraina was taking a nap upstairs with the families dog, Annie. Sudennly, they heard a loud knock on the door of their small house. Zelanda’s father, Micai answered the door. Zelenda heard loud voices outside. She stood from her place on the velvet red sofa and stood behind the wall quietly. She was surprised when she saw 2 large men in Nazi uniforms. They looked very orderly, but they sure didn’t smell very nice. She looked at their nametags and they read, Kail Lurgan and Kugme Liskon. All of a sudden, Zelenda’s father ran to Zelenda and her mother. He told them to pack their bags. While they did that, he went to get Loraina from her bedroom. He didn’t tell them why. When they were finished, Zelenda, Loraina, Zelenda’s mother, and Macai walked outside into the cool, spring weather. Outside, the soldiers were waiting for them. Then, they loaded the Johnson family into a huge, gray truck and drove off. They drove for hours until they entered Germany. A few hours later, they stopped at a school in Munich, Germany. Munich Central Montessori School was very big and it had a huge gymnasium. The soldiers led the family inside the gym, where about 100 other people were sitting. Nobody had any bags around them, so Zelenda started to wonder why they had bags. Once the family sat down, their bags were taken away from them by the soldiers. They replaced them with a bottle of milk and 3 pieces of stale bread. Zelenda started thinking, “We aren’t Jews” with wonder and struggle. Then, she thought again, “Why are they taking us?”. Her thoughts were interrupted by loud stomping on the hard wood floor of the gymnasium. She looked up and saw a Nazi soldier staring down at her. His cold frown was wrinkled and his curly beard stuck out from sweat. She spoke to him in Czech and asked him what was wrong. His muffled German was hard to understand, but she knew that he was yelling at her. She felt the urge of his anger to get up to salute the framed picture of Hitler on the wall. She looked around and saw all the other people saluting the picture, too. Zelenda doubted that anyone in the room, except the soldiers liked Hitler. After everyone saluted the picture, 4 girls including Zelenda were marched upstairs with a Nazi guard in the lead. One they got there, a girl Nazi ordered them to sit down in the 4 chairs that were ready for them. They sat down quietly, hoping that nothing bad would happen to them. The Nazi started speaking and she said that she wanted them to become German girls because every single Czech girl in the room had blonde hair and blue eyes. Most German girls were just like that. She told them that they were leaving for a German Girls Center in 5 minutes, so they could go and say one last good bye to their families. Zelenda and the other girls rushed down the stairs. They were all crying, even Zelenda, who was pretty tough. When they got downstairs, Zelenda ran to her family and told them EVERYTHING. She was wailing with sadness when she finished. Her parents were then wailing, too. Little Loraina had no clue what was going on. After she had said her last good-byes, Zelenda was swept away by the Nazi girl and 1 Nazi guard. The 4 girls were forced to march out the door with the Nazi guard in the lead. They marched for 30 minutes until they reached a large, brick building with a sign that said Lewis Williams German Girls Center. They walked inside, now with the Nazi girl in the lead. Inside, a firm looking lady walked up to them and told them her name, Frau Margot. While the women talked, Zelenda peeked behind Frau Margot and stared at large, stained glass picture of Hitler. She hesitated and put a disgusted look on her face.  Luckily. Frau Margot didn’t see her do that. By now, the Nazi girl had left and Frau Margot had gone inside a gray door. A few minutes later,  a maid appeared and gave each girl a teal uniform with a Germany pin. She spoke in wonderful German and she told the girls to put the outfits on. Zelenda and the other girls hurried into a large room with lots of curtains hanging everywhere. They looked like dressing rooms. Underneath the curtains, Zelenda could see pairs of feet everywhere. The 4 girls waited for 10 minutes and then Frau Margot came in. She told the girls behind the curtains to hurry up. All of the girls came out in their full uniforms with surprised looks on their faces. Zelenda doubted that they had ever seen new girls in the center before. Zelenda wasn’t paying attention to them, though. She was looking at 2 pairs of feet still behind the curtains. Obviously, Frau Margot didn’t see the pairs of feet still there. She told Zelenda and the 3 other girls to hurry up and get changed behind the curtains. Zelenda wasn’t listening, so she went to the curtain with the 2 girls behind it. She listened to them talk for a while before she peeked behind the curtain. She was very surprised when she heard them talking in Czech. “That’s so amazing” thought Zelenda. She interuppted the girls and they stopped immedietaly. “It’s okay” said Zelenda in Czech. “I came from Czechoslovakia, too” she said with kindness in her voice. The 3 girls started chatting automaticaly and they talked until Frau Margot came to see what was going on. Luckily, she didn’t overhear them talking in Czech. “Why aren’t you in your uniform yet?” she yelled at Zelenda. “I……I……I” stammered Zelenda. “Well, nevermind that, come on” said Frau Margot to Zelenda and the 2 other girls. She made all the other girls line up in an orderly fashion. “Go to the sleeping quarters” she told the girls. Everyone listenedand the girls slept peacefully. When Zelenda woke up the next morning, she knew that she was safe and that things could be much worse. Even though her parents were not with her anymore, she didn’t give up and she tried her hardest in all places.