Ellen Rosen

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The story takes place in Copenhagen in Denmark during World War II. Annemarie Johansen and Ellen Rosen are two good friends at ten-year-old. Their families are living in the same apartment and are also good friends. The Rosen family is Jewish. German soldiers surrender Copenhagen. They look for Jewish people to take away.

Johansen family want to help to Rosens. They keep Ellen at their home pretending to German soldiers as if Ellen is their daughter. Ellen's parents are hiding somewhere. Johansens take Ellen to Annemarie's uncle Henrik who lives near Baltic Sea as fisherman. Uncle Henrik and Peter who is ex-fiancée of Ellen's dead elder sister Lise help Jewish to escape to Sweden in boat.

That night Ellen's parents arrive to uncle Henrik's