Similarities Between The Boy In The Striped Pajamas And The Book Thief

The Book Thief and The Boy in the striped pajamas both display discrimination against Jews as both of these stories are set in the same time period. In The Book Thief, the overpowered German Nazi military had decided to rob and terminate Jewish shops in the German complex, they even decided to steal their property and even kill some of the jews. This was historically known as the night of the broken glass. After that Liesel’s foster dad stood up for his Jewish friend when he was taken away but he was then forced into the army. In “TBITSP”, Bruno notes “we’re superior” to Shmuel showing that Nazi’s are more human than jews and that displays Nazi propaganda. Another way of showing the discrimination in this text is by highlighting that Bruno’s