The Book Thief

What words does max dread to hear and why?

chapter: The struggler, pages 157-160

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Max dreaded to hear the word "papers" . Max couldn't travel without papers, and his own papers were falsified. He was of course German, but he was also a Jew. To be caught would mean his journey would be over.