Boy in Striped Pajamas
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High walls and barbed wires block the road to freedom, but they cannot block the clean eyes of children. They were treated as criminals, but they were not wrong. The nine-year-old boy Bruno's family moved from Berlin to Poland with a transfer order from his father, a Nazi officer. With a passion for adventure, he soon became interested in the "farm" near his new home. Separated from the towering walls and barbed wire fences, people wearing striped pajamas were busy all day long. No one told him what a "farm" actually was, and everyone forbade him from asking. Driven by curiosity, Bruno quietly slipped out of the house and met Shmuel, a boy of the same age on the other side of the barbed wire. One day, Shmuel's father disappeared, so Bruno decided to put on the same striped pajamas as Shmuel and go to the other side of the barbed wire to help him find his father, as the last adventure before the two separated...
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boy in striped pajamas
A silent tragedy, a touching baptism, the Jewish story
The old Jewish man who peeled potatoes for Bruno's family had superb medical skills, but he became useless and was reduced to a handyman. Himmel's father was a watchmaker, but he only did the menial work of repairing shoes. There are many, countless Jews. Their high IQs and the contributions they can bring to mankind within the scope of their abilities have only turned into gray smoke from the crematorium.
Under the shimmering silence of sadness, prosperity blooms.
So shocking
After putting on striped pajamas, you and I are the same.
Bruno's view of the farm was just a desolate construction site, with a few thin workers building a temporary barracks, and bursts of rapid whistles. The patrolling soldiers with wolfhounds were not in his sight, nor was the gas chamber incinerator. He didn't know exactly what was going on inside, but he was thinking and judging. Through the trembling and frail doctor working in the kitchen of his house, and the fact that Samuel was beaten because of his lying, he had a vague feeling that something evil was happening.
I cried while watching the movie, it was very emotional
There is a power that hits your soul directly
I haven't read the novel because I don't dare to read it. When I watched the movie, I felt it was too sad and I didn't want to bear such a heavy feeling again. After watching the movie, I actually wanted to know if Bruno's father had experienced the pain of losing his son, would he question the genocide policy, would he realize his mistakes, would he understand that no matter what race, everyone has his own son, father, husband, mother, daughter, wife, and would he understand the pain of those who lost their loved ones when he carried out inhumane extermination operations...
I seem to understand, but I don't understand 😂
I seem to understand, but I don't understand 😂 But it's a pity, eh I hope tragic incidents will not happen again
In the concentration camp, Bruno discovered his father's lies - there were no beautiful flowers, no smiling people, no cafes in the concentration camp, just desolate, dilapidated houses and emaciated and sick bodies. Lies, all lies! However, Bruno still didn't understand or even believed that his father turned out to be such a "soldier."
When I watched this movie, I didn't feel much at first. The teacher who taught them, his father's bodyguard, and his grandma were all very meaningful. His sister also admired the soldier and the Jewish child. . . . .
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Official(10)Scraped 24d ago
boy in striped pajamas
A silent tragedy, a touching baptism, the Jewish story
The old Jewish man who peeled potatoes for Bruno's family had superb medical skills, but he became useless and was reduced to a handyman. Himmel's father was a watchmaker, but he only did the menial work of repairing shoes. There are many, countless Jews. Their high IQs and the contributions they can bring to mankind within the scope of their abilities have only turned into gray smoke from the crematorium.
Under the shimmering silence of sadness, prosperity blooms.
So shocking
After putting on striped pajamas, you and I are the same.
Bruno's view of the farm was just a desolate construction site, with a few thin workers building a temporary barracks, and bursts of rapid whistles. The patrolling soldiers with wolfhounds were not in his sight, nor was the gas chamber incinerator. He didn't know exactly what was going on inside, but he was thinking and judging. Through the trembling and frail doctor working in the kitchen of his house, and the fact that Samuel was beaten because of his lying, he had a vague feeling that something evil was happening.
I cried while watching the movie, it was very emotional
There is a power that hits your soul directly
I haven't read the novel because I don't dare to read it. When I watched the movie, I felt it was too sad and I didn't want to bear such a heavy feeling again. After watching the movie, I actually wanted to know if Bruno's father had experienced the pain of losing his son, would he question the genocide policy, would he realize his mistakes, would he understand that no matter what race, everyone has his own son, father, husband, mother, daughter, wife, and would he understand the pain of those who lost their loved ones when he carried out inhumane extermination operations...
I seem to understand, but I don't understand 😂
I seem to understand, but I don't understand 😂 But it's a pity, eh I hope tragic incidents will not happen again
In the concentration camp, Bruno discovered his father's lies - there were no beautiful flowers, no smiling people, no cafes in the concentration camp, just desolate, dilapidated houses and emaciated and sick bodies. Lies, all lies! However, Bruno still didn't understand or even believed that his father turned out to be such a "soldier."
When I watched this movie, I didn't feel much at first. The teacher who taught them, his father's bodyguard, and his grandma were all very meaningful. His sister also admired the soldier and the Jewish child. . . . .
