Ralf and his wife Elsa move from Berlin to the countryside in Germany. They moved there with their children a 12 year old girl named Gretel and 8 year old boy named Bruno. While living on the countryside Bruno got bored of being confined to his house and needed a friend, so he went through the woods without his parents knowing.
He met a young Jewish boy named Shmuel and they become friends. Bruno continues to visit this boy everyday and he Shmuel starts to tell Bruno the secrets of the camp he is in and why he wore the "striped pajamas". Bruno has heard some nasty stuff about Jews, but continues he to be Shmuels friend.
One day when Shmuel was working on cleaning something Bruno gave him food and a Guard asked how he got the food and SHmuel said he got it from Bruno, but Bruno denied it. Shmuel is not seen by Bruno for a few days and one day when Shmuel is back at his usual spot Bruno seems him beat up. They still remain to be friends.
Ralf is soon convinced that being by a concentration camp is not good for the kids and he sends his wife and kids away, but on the day that Bruno is supposed to leave, he gets word from Shmuel and he says that his father is missing. Bruno digs a hole under the fence and switches clothes with Shmuel to help him search for his father.
During this time Bruno's parents are searching for him, but the Jews are taken to the showers (gas chambers) and are going to get killed. Ralph soon figures out that his son was in the gas chamber, now dead.
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