Jewish boy Hugo lived with his parents in a small Ukrainian town. But when the Germans came and took his father, his mother gave him to the care of her school friend Maryana. Maryana - a prostitute, lives in a brothel and in a closet behind his room hides the eleven -year -old hugo Aaron Appelfeld Photo: Jwh/Wikipedia Luxembourg 2 The next day in the evening, a peasant came and led Anna with him. When Hugo he heard about this, his heart was shook.