I watched the movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. It was basically about the son of a German soldier named Bruno who notices a farm out his bedroom window when he moves to a new house. He notices that the people who were there were wearing "pajamas" rather than everyday clothing. So he goes out to explore and find out more about these people he's been so curious about. While exploring he finds that these people are blocked in by a barbed wire fence. He meets a boy his age named Schmol who is on the other side of the fence. Bruno finds out that Schmol is a Jew. Bruno learns in his tutoring that Jews are bad. Bruno continually goes back to revisit Schmol and brings him food and talks to him each day. Bruno and Schmol become great friends even though they are from completely different worlds. When Bruno's family decides to move, he dresses like a Jew and goes with Schmol to his concentration camp to look for Schmol's dad. The two boys get caught in a crowd and get sent into the gas shower and Bruno and Schmol were killed, along with all the other Jews in there. The End.
Personally, I thought that this movie was very educational and inspiring. It definitely shows the brutality of World War 2 and will hopefully make sure that history does not repeat itself in the aspect of the Holocaust. This movie also really shows how everybody matters. I really liked this movie. I'm not going to lie, I cried a little. Another reason that I really liked this movie was because it really revealed to me about how much the civilians in Germany really didn't know when it came to the Holocaust and the mass killings of the Jews. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is definitely a must see!
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The ending is very sad. Powerful movie!