Projekt 1065 Flashcards
We learn Michael, the narrator of the story, is a member of which Nazi party organization?
The Hitler Youth
What is Michael’s father’s job, which prompted the family’s move to Berlin?
Michael’s father is the Irish ambassador
Michael and his parents witness the breaking of windows and looting of Jewish businesses and the beating of the Jewish people. This night was later named Kristallnacht. What is the meaning of Kristallnacht?
“The Night of Broken Glass”
The official purpose for Michael and his family to be in Berlin is that his father is the Irish ambassador to Germany. What is the “unofficial” purpose for Michael and his family to be in Berlin?
They are spies for the Allies
What is Michael’s special ability which helped him learn the German language and be a strong spy for the Allies?
He has a photographic memory. If he sees or hears something one time, he can remember it.
Who does the Michael and his family hide in a little room at the embassy, who also helps Michael get over his fear of heights?
The fallen Jewish British pilot, Simon
What is Projekt 1065?
A new kind of jet airplane that the Nazi’s were developing. One with no propellers and two jets.
What does Fritz steal from his father and show in secret to Michael?
a blueprint of one of the new airplanes for Projekt 1065
What event occurred which allowed Simon and Michael to go up to the roof so that Michael can overcome his fear of heights?
The German Blitz. Allies bombing Berlin
Who were the Edelweiss Pirates?
Berlin’s young resistance group. They were the same age as the Hitler Youth but resisted Hitler and the Nazi Party teachings.
When Fritz used words like “gumshoe” and “goofy dame”, Michael thought it was odd because no other language but German was allowed to be spoken. Where did Fritz learn these English phrases?
Fritz learned these English phrases from books he kept hidden. Books that were forbidden and should have been burned according to Nazi law.
What event occurred that made their teacher, Herr Professor Doktor Major Melcher, become angry and show his hatred of the Nazis in class?
His son was killed at war while fighting in the Nazi army
What does Michael have to complete in order for Simon to leave Germany and make his way back to England?
Michael has to finish finding and memorizing all of the blueprints to the new German jet plane (Projekt 1065) so that Simon can recreate them and take them back with him to England.
What is “seat meat?”
the ability to sit through long, boring lectures as if you had a big, padded behind
The Nazi’s favorite sport was invading defenseless countries. Their second favorite sport, according to the novel, was what?
boxing
