Boy In The Striped Pajamas Propaganda

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is one of many movies exemplifying the stories of the Holocaust, but this time it has a little twist. Bruno, son of a Nazi soldier, moved along with his mother, father, and sister to a new home near one of the Nazi concentration camps. Bruno believes at first that the concentration camp is a farm and all the workers wear striped pajamas. He eventually learns it is a camp, but he thinks it is a fun camp only for Jews after he sees a propogandic video. Previous seeing the propaganda video, Bruno befriends one of the children, whose name is Shmuel and visits him almost every day. Bruno often brings some games with him to play between the fence. Since Bruno thinks the “camp” is so good, he often asks Shmuel why he
First of all, the father took the whole family to a new place just for his job. Bruno’s mother did not know exactly what was happening in the concentration camp near by. She knew it was not a farm or a fun camp, unlike Bruno. But what she did not know until she was informed by one of her husband’s workers is that the inmates of the camp were being killed. Bruno’s mother knew that what her husband was doing was wrong, but could not do anything to stop it. Bruno’s father not informing his wife what was really going on right by their house led to tense conversations and encounters between the two. Also, at the funeral of Bruno’s grandmother, the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, left a note on her casket. Bruno’s mother knew that his grandmother would not want a note from Adolf Hitler, but when she attempted to go and take it off, she was quickly reprimanded by her husband. The tensions between Bruno’s mother and father showed that not everyone thought that the murdering of the Jews was right, but did nothing to stop it. I personally believe that The Boy in the Striped Pajamas did show what the Holocaust is. However, there were unrealistic things in the movie. Obviously no movie is 100% accurate, but the key thing about a movie based on real life events is that it is produced in an appropriate manner. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was produced appropriately and did complete its purpose, showing what the Holocaust was: the murdering and bad conditions for Jews and other minorities in the concentration

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