The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how
prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime.
Through the lens of an eight-year-old boy largely shielded from the reality of World War II, we
witness a forbidden friendship that forms between Bruno, the son of Nazi commandant, and
Shmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp. Though the two are separated
physically by a barbed wire fence, their lives become inescapably intertwined.
The imagined story of Bruno and Shmuel sheds light on the brutality, senselessness and
devastating consequences of war from an unusual point of view. Together, their tragic journey
helps recall the millions of innocent victims of the Holocaust.
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