The blokova is the woman who took away Chaya's blue ribbons. She's also the woman who has missing fingers.
she is a non Jew who has to watch over her group of zugangi. her fingers were cut off as a punishment by the Nazis (she was punished for escape attempts by prisoners)
Blokova (The lady in blue that have three fingers)
In "The Devil's Arithmetic," the character Gitl, who serves as a blokova (a leader among women), loses her finger when she tries to save a child from a soldier's brutality. In the process of protecting the child, she is caught, and the soldier punishes her by slicing off her finger. This act symbolizes the brutality and inhumanity faced by individuals during the Holocaust.
Reaction about the movie the devils arithmetic
Hannah
it is in halloweeen
Jane Yolen is the writer to the devils arithmetic
Grandpa Will- old, has numbers on arms, & upset alot
she is thirteen
1942
spring
1942
Historical fiction