The Devil's Arithmetic

  • Hannah Celebrates Passover

    Hannah Celebrates Passover
    Hannah goes to her Grandpa Will's house for Passover. There she participates in the many traditions like the Seder Dinner, hiding the afikoman, and calling out to Elijah.
  • Hannah Calls out to Elijah

    Hannah Calls out to Elijah
    Grandpa Will lets Hannah open the doors for Elijah. During this time, Hannah is sent back in time to 1942.
  • Hannah's Name is Changed

    Hannah's Name is Changed
    After going back in time, Hannah becomes Chaya, which is her Jewish name.
  • Chaya meets Shmuel and Gitl

    Chaya meets Shmuel and Gitl
    Chaya meets Shmuel and Gitl who are her aunt and uncle. They are currently getting ready for Shmuel's wedding.
  • Chaya goes to the Wedding

    Chaya goes to the Wedding
    Chaya goes to Shmuel's wedding and participates in the Jewish festivities. While at the wedding, she gets taken by the Nazis.
  • Chaya is taken to a Concentration Camp

    Chaya is taken to a Concentration Camp
    Chaya is taken to a concentration camp by a train. While at the concentration camp, Chaya's hair is cut, she canges into dirty clothes, and gets a tattoo on her arm that reads J19724.
  • Chaya tries to leave the Concentration Camp

    Chaya tries to leave the Concentration Camp
    After a few weeks, Gitl tells Chaya that her and a few other men are planning to escape. During the night they try to leave but the Nazis find another Jew trying to escape and they run back into their rooms.
  • Chaya's Friends get sent to the Chamber

    Chaya's Friends get sent to the Chamber
    At the Concentration Camp a soldiers is told to kill 3 people and he finds Chaya and her group of friends. He does not pick Chaya because she was in a group of four and he picked her 3 other friends.
  • Chaya saves Rivka

    Chaya saves Rivka
    While the soldier is taking Chaya's friends to the chamber, Chaya tells Rivka to give her the bandana she is wearing. Rivka hands it to Chaya and she hides while Chaya takes her place. Chaya is killed in the chamber.
  • Hannah Wakes Up at her Grandpa Will's House

    Hannah Wakes Up at her Grandpa Will's House
    After she is killed in the chamber, Hannah wakes up and finds out that she was Chaya and that Rivka was her Aunt Eva. Aunt Eva tells her the story about what her markings mean and how she was saved by Chaya in the concentration camp.