The hubermanns protect him from the nazi regime by hiding him in their basement. He is a graduate of the guildhall school of music and drama in london. The the book thief quotes below are all either spoken by max vandenburg or refer to max vandenburg. Max vandenburg character anylasis by rachael nizialek on prezi. He has been in hiding for two years and is making an ultimate voyage of courage by being in public.
He feels deeply guilty for leaving his family to save himself, an act he sees as a choice rather than a necessity to survive. This is a favorite quote of mine from the movie the book thief. His father saved hanss life during world war i, and later hans tries to save maxs life, which puts the hubermanns lives in great jeopardy. Max vandenburg is a german jew who takes refuge in the hubermanns household in molching germany. During kristallnacht, max vandenburg and his mother, who are jewish, are told by a friend that only one of them can escape, and maxs. Things change with the arrival of max vandenburg ben schnetzer. He won an award for best photograph of the year in 2006. Jack nation is an actor, known for crazy heart 2009, 10 years 2011 and beyond the blackboard 2011. Equally comfortable with bebop charlie parkers relaxing at camarillo, the american song book summertime, my ideal and just in time, jazz modernism wayne shorters juju and pop michelle, kreisbergs instrumental voice is zestful. Richie rich zillionz 19761982 26 vfnm may 1981 comics book.
In the basement of 33 himmel street, max vandenburg could feel the fists of the entire nation. Feb 19, 2016 max left because hans had shown love for a jew in a parade, and max knew that hanss house would be searched by the nsdap for proof of jewloving. He died around the same time max was born, in 1916, in france, during world war i. Max vandenburg character analysis some quotes from max when death captures me he will feel my fist on his face you cant marry a jew, but theres no law against fighting one his hair is like feathers in the morning he would return to the basement. George perez, marv wolfman, keith pollard, romeo tanghal. Ben schnetzer as max vandenburg from the book thief. I guess its only natural to reflect on the year that has just. See the trailer for the book theif released on the 28 february 2014 at.
Richie rich zillionz 19761982 26 vfnm may 1981 comics book in comic books bronze age 197083. Since the story is set in nazi germany, you can see whats coming when good christian hans takes in max vandenburg ben schnetzer, a. Ironically, hitlers book is the only thing between him and a complete break down. Death is the sympathetic narrator of liesels story. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. One of his photographs was used as a book cover for the author jim eaton called ghosts caught on film 2. Max vandenburg is a young jewish man who changes the hubermanns lives. Schnetzer was born and raised in new york city, the son of actors stephen schnetzer and nancy snyder. Max left because hans had shown love for a jew in a parade, and max knew that hanss house would be searched by the nsdap for proof of jewloving. He was a paranormal investigator, director, writer, musician, actor, and a photographer. Max vandenburg character analysis in the book thief. The timeline below shows where the character max vandenburg appears in the book thief.
Max vandenburg is the jewish man who hides in the hubermanns basement. Max vandenburg character timeline in the book thief. He also feels ashamed of the burden he places on the hubermanns since he knows hes putting them in serious danger by being in their. The book thief cliffsnotes study guides book summaries. This shows maxs tremendous amount of courage and strength. One by one they climbed into the ring and beat him down. While in france, erik became friends with hans hubermann. Its a great book the greatest book youve ever read. Max vandenburg character analysis in the book thief litcharts. Ben schnetzer was born on february 8 1990 in new york, to actors stephen schnetzer and nancy snyder. He didnt turn up at the meeting place four days later as he fel. Sometimes its hard to keep track of what max vandenburg is up to during the book thief. The book thief 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.