1 real historical location · Germany
Based on Markus Zusak's novel narrated by Death, this film follows a young German girl living near Munich who steals books and hides a Jewish man in the basement during the war. A story about the power of words in a world trying to destroy them.
CinemaMapped has mapped 1 real historical location where the story takes place, spanning Germany.
Liesel Meminger grows up on Himmel Street in fictional Molching — a Munich suburb — hiding a Jewish man in the basement as Allied bombing raids intensify.
Munich was bombed 74 times between 1940 and 1945 by the RAF and USAAF, killing approximately 6,000 civilians. The Allied strategic bombing campaign killed roughly 395,000 German civilians in total. The story's setting...
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