Well, the boy in the striped pajamas is Shmael, a 9-year-old Jewish prisoner in a concentration camp (dressed in a striped prison uniform). The other boy, Bruno, is the son of Nazi officer.

You can find out more info about The Boy in Striped Pajamas here:

• http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Striped-Pyjamas-Reader/dp/0198326769/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234847405&sr=1-1 (scroll down to customer reviews, the first review talks about flawed historical elements)
• http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/02/05/story11467.asp
• http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1857440,00.html
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/jan/08/features.review
• http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/Boy-in-Striped-Pajamas.html
• http://media.www.pacepress.org/media/storage/paper424/news/2008/11/12/ArtsEntertainment/Boy-In.The.Striped.Pajamas.Shows.Another.Take.On.Holocaust-3574776.shtml
• http://www.theage.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/2006/01/03/1136050420787.html

You might also want to find out more about children and the Holocaust:

• http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/children.html
• http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005142
• http://www.adl.org/children_holocaust/children_main1.asp
• http://www.auschwitz.dk/Holocaust1.htm
• http://www.museumoftolerance.com/site/pp.asp?c=arLPK7PILqF&b=249685

Hope this helps!
Source(s):
see above

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