The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

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The Fury

Bruno mistakes the word “Führer “ for “Fury”

The Führer was the title of Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany from 1933-45

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Adolf Hitler -The Führer -

Eva Braun – Hitler’s Mistress

Chapter 11 mentions Bruno’s meeting with the Fury’s friend, the pretty blonde lady

Eva Braun met Hitler when she was only 17

She and Hitler were married 40 hours before their deaths by suicide in 1945 – she was 33

Berlin 1940s

The novel opens in the German city of Berlin in the early 1940s

Population: 4 million

The city experienced massive bombing by the Allies between 1940-45

Out-With

Bruno mistakes the name Auschwitz for Out-With

Auschwitz was a notorious concentration camp in Poland which existed from 1940-45

Auschwitz

Prisoners of Auschwitz

Prisoners of Auschwitz

Location of Auschwitz

The Real Commandant of Auschwitz

Rudolf Höss was the first commandant of Auschwitz from 1940 – 43

In June 1941 Höss was informed that because of its isolation, Auschwitz had been chosen by Hitler as the main site for the extermination of European Jews

Höss was executed in 1947

The Waffen-SS

Lieutenant Kotler was quite likely a member of the Waffen-SS

This was an elite branch of the German armed forces

They had a reputation for cruelty

Woman Guard

Juana Bormann was one of the few women guards at Auschwitz

She was known for her cruelty and called “Wiesel” and “the woman with dogs”

She was executed after the war for war crimes

Slave Labour

Strong, healthy prisoners were forced to work by the Nazis

The men in the picture are building airplane parts

“Canada”

Near the gas chambers was a place the inmates called Canada

It was called this because Canada was thought of as a country of great riches

Here the possessions of the prisoners were brought

The items were sorted and sent back to Germany

The Jews and Auschwitz

About 960,000 Jews were murdered at Auschwitz

Healthy prisoners were forced to work until they grew too weak. Small children were executed immediately

Prisoners were told they were going to have a shower, but instead were gassed

The Star of David

Worn by Jewish prisoners it was known in Hebrew as The Shield of David

Dates back to at least the 12th Century

Origin remains unknown

King David was Israel’s 2nd and greatest king

Is now a part of the flag of Israel

Flag of

Israel

Anne Frank

Auschwitz’s most famous prisoner was probably Anne Frank, the author of “The Diary of Anne Frank”

She was later transferred to another prison where she and her sister, Margot, perished in 1945

Oscar Schindler

Only one remarkable man managed to get prisoners out of Auschwitz - Oscar Schindler

He outwitted the Nazis to save more Jews from the gas chambers than anyone else during World War II.

A movie, Schindler’s List, was made about his exploits

Maximilian Kolbe

Kolbe was a Catholic priest who was sent to Auschwitz in 1941 for speaking out against the Nazis

While there he selflessly helped many prisoners by sharing his rations and tending to their injuries and illnesses

He was killed in August 1941

Art Created by Prisoners

Death of Hunger Untitled

The Liberation of Auschwitz In January 1945, 58,000

prisoners were evacuated from Auschwitz

The SS burned the camp records and blew up the gas chambers

The Red Army arrived on January 27, 1945 and found only 7,000 prisoners left – most were very weak and ill

Auschwitz Museum and Memorials

Museum – Watchtower and Fence

Auschwitz Memorial in Amsterdam

This (Auschwitz) is the biggest cemetery for Jews, Poles, Roma and Sinti. It must tell us that we have to come back here again and again. We must keep the memory of the worst crime in human history alive for those who were born later.

~ German President Horst Koehler