Blog #5 - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

I read a few short biographies of children from the Holocaust. The one that interested me the most was the biography of a young Jewish boy named Abraham Beem. Abraham lived in Poland when the Germans invaded. He was sent to a small village pretending to be a Christian. Many other children did the same as him in the area. When the Germans realized that many children were in hiding their search became more thorough and intense. They bribed people living in the area, asking if they knew of any Jews in hiding. Someone eventually admitted that Abraham was a Jew and he was sent to Auschwitz. He was killed upon arrival.

This primary source document relates to my story because Bruno is also living through the Holocaust. The two boys were murdered by Nazi soldiers. Having researched my book I have learned that it is written to describe a child’s innocence in war and the Holocaust. Both Abraham and Bruno were innocent during the entire process of the Holocaust. These two stories taught me that you didn’t have to do anything wrong to be affected or killed during the holocaust.

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