Both boys were forced to move from their beloved homes:Bruno from his home in Berlin when his father got a new position in the Nazi regime as Commandant of Auschwitz;Shmuel from his home in Poland when he was taken as a prisoner of war and put in a concentration camp.
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Bruno lives in relative opulence, with maids and servants.Shmuel lives in an overrun, filthy barrack overseen by cruel and vicious guards.
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April 1937
Both boys were born on April 15th, 1934, to loving parents.
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Bruno was born in Nazi-ruled Germany to parents on the "right" side of Hitler's regime.Shmuel was born in Poland to Jewish parents.
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Both boys are educated:Bruno has a private tutor who teaches him what the Nazi party deems appropriate;Shmuel is schooled and his mother teaches him foreign languages, as she herself was a teacher.
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Bruno is completely ignorant with regards to the goings-on at the concentration camp at which he resides.Shmuel is keenly aware of the abuses, including starvation, beatings and murders.