Bruno, an eight year old boy, lives a wealthy life with his older sister and parents. His father is an important soldier for Hitler. The family moves to the countryside to a house a couple miles away from a concentration camp, the camp his father was in charge of. Bruno goes adventuring one day, and he finds himself at the camp. At the fence in front of him he befriends a young Jewish boy named Shmuel, who is obviously in the camp. Bruno soon finds out their friendship is forbidden, but he continues to visit the friend in secret. The boy mentions that his father is missing and Bruno wants to help find him. They come up with the plan of having Shmuel bring him some of the pajamas they wear. Bruno will then dig a hole under the fence to enter the camp and find Shmuel's dad. The plan works until they are caught in a crowd of people heading for the gas chambers. Meanwhile Bruno’s family realizes he is missing, and they come to the conclusion he has gone to the camp. In a panic his father, mother, and sister make a dead sprint for the camp. When they get to the camp they realize it is too late to save Bruno. While they were heading to the camp, the chamber was gassed and Bruno and Shmuel were killed. This is how the movie ends.
The movie to me is powerful. I think it shows that Jewish or not (not that it is o.k. to kill Jewish people), some of the people killed in these camps were just children. It was horrible what they did to these people, and I think the movie does a great job showing how they were treated. They were beat and much worse. I would definitely watch this movie again.
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Good job but be sure to include two pictures!