Prisoner B-3087
by Alan Gratz

Aunt Fela Character Analysis

Fela is Yanek’s aunt and Uncle Abraham’s wife. Fela and Abraham are allowed to continue making bread for the Nazis during the occupation of Kraków, but they also bake bread for Yanek and his family (and to sell to other families) under cover of night. They are taken to the camps before Yanek, where they are killed.

Aunt Fela Quotes in Prisoner B-3087

The Prisoner B-3087 quotes below are all either spoken by Aunt Fela or refer to Aunt Fela. 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:
Determination and Luck Theme Icon
).

Chapter 30 Quotes

I remembered the food on the table in my old apartment in Podgórze, and all my family sitting around me. Mother and Father. Uncle Moshe and Aunt Gizela, and little cousin Zytka. Uncle Abraham and Aunt Fela. […]

I thought too of my friend Fred, and the boy who had been hanged for trying to escape, and the man who had fought back, and all the other people I had watched die. They filled my table and the tables all around me, taking the places of all the real people in the room.

Related Characters: Yanek Gruener (speaker), Uncle Abraham, Aunt Fela, Fred, Oskar Gruener, Mina Gruener, Aunt Gizela, Uncle Moshe, Zytka
Page Number and Citation: 252
Explanation and Analysis:
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Aunt Fela Character Timeline in Prisoner B-3087

The timeline below shows where the character Aunt Fela appears in Prisoner B-3087. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
Connection vs. Isolation Theme Icon
...the “beautiful smell of bread,” and his stomach growls in hunger. Abraham and Yanek’s aunt Fela greet Yanek and Oskar. They explain that they’re baking bread in one oven and burning... (full context)