1. When World War II begins, the Majewski family, like others in Poland, believed that hostilities might be over soon. Without the benefit of history, would you have felt the same? 2. Different characters have varying opinions about the war. Even at his young age, Aaron wants to fight, much to the dismay of his father. Would you have been like Aaron? 3. The War Girls is dedicated to Emanuel Ringelblum, who preserved the history of the Warsaw Ghetto. Had you heard of him? How do you feel about the importance of preserving history through the written word? 4. Many Jews in Warsaw tried to preserve their religious and cultural traditions even after the Nazi occupation and eventual imprisonment in the ghetto. How hard would it have been to do so, knowing that such practices were often forbidden under penalties of imprisonment or even death? 5. How would you have survived in the ghetto? 6. Readers often have differing opinions about the part of the book that affected them the most. What was it for you? 7. Hanna and Stefa had different views about their parents. What were they? 8. Could you have gone through the training that Hanna did to save her family? 9. What character in the book was the most heroic for you? The least heroic? 10. What do you think was the eventual fate of Stefa and Daniel?
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