Bruno is a 9-year-old boy. He lives in a huge house with his loving parents, his twelve-year-old sister Gretel and maidservants. His father is a high-ranking SS officer who, after a visit from Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, is promoted to Commandant, and to Bruno's dismay, the family has to move away to a place.When Bruno gets there, he feels homesick after leaving behind his grandparents and his three best friends. Unhappy with his new home, Bruno becomes lonely and has no one to talk to or play with. One day, Bruno notices a group of people all wearing the same striped pajamas and striped hats or bald heads. He asks who these people are and his father tells him that these people are not real people at all. Bruno finds out he is not allowed to explore the back of the house or its surroundings. Due to boredom, he decides to explore anyway. He spots a boy on the other side of the fence. Excited that there might be a boy his age, Bruno introduces himself and finds out the Jewish boy's name is Shmuel. Shmuel and his family were brought here, broken apart from each other and forced to work in Auschwitz. Almost every day, the two boys meet at the same spot. Soon, they become best friends.Bruno's mother persuades his father to take them back to Berlin after a year at their new home, while the father stays at Auschwitz. With Bruno about to go back to Berlin with his mother and sister, He agrees to dress in a set of striped pajamas and go under the fence to help Shmuel find his father, who went missing in the camp. The boys are unable to find him, and are mixed up in a group of people going on a march. However, they are soon crowded
Bruno is a 9-year-old boy. He lives in a huge house with his loving parents, his twelve-year-old sister Gretel and maidservants. His father is a high-ranking SS officer who, after a visit from Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, is promoted to Commandant, and to Bruno's dismay, the family has to move away to a place.When Bruno gets there, he feels homesick after leaving behind his grandparents and his three best friends. Unhappy with his new home, Bruno becomes lonely and has no one to talk to or play with. One day, Bruno notices a group of people all wearing the same striped pajamas and striped hats or bald heads. He asks who these people are and his father tells him that these people are not real people at all. Bruno finds out he is not allowed to explore the back of the house or its surroundings. Due to boredom, he decides to explore anyway. He spots a boy on the other side of the fence. Excited that there might be a boy his age, Bruno introduces himself and finds out the Jewish boy's name is Shmuel. Shmuel and his family were brought here, broken apart from each other and forced to work in Auschwitz. Almost every day, the two boys meet at the same spot. Soon, they become best friends.Bruno's mother persuades his father to take them back to Berlin after a year at their new home, while the father stays at Auschwitz. With Bruno about to go back to Berlin with his mother and sister, He agrees to dress in a set of striped pajamas and go under the fence to help Shmuel find his father, who went missing in the camp. The boys are unable to find him, and are mixed up in a group of people going on a march. However, they are soon crowded