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Why does Ellen spend a night with Annemarie?

From chapters 1-4.

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Mr. Johansen explains they are going to pretend Ellen is their own daughter and keep her in plain site so the Nazis do not suspect that Ellen is a Jew.

Ellen spends the night with Annemarie because the Nazis were in search of the Jews all over Denmark. As Ellen was a Jew, she needed protection in order to live so she spent the night with Annemarie, acting as Lise.