is a book that follows
a young German child named Bruno. Bruno's father is appointed to be the head of the Auschwitz
concentration camp. Bruno's family moves to the camp so that his father can carry out his job as
the commandant. Bruno eventually befriends a Jewish boy named Shmuel who is being held at the
camp. As the two bond, Bruno eventually develops a plan in which he sneaks into the camp to help
Shmuel look for his father. Bruno is mistakenly taken to a gas chamber along with Shmuel, where
it is presumed he dies.
The reason this book is classified as historicalis
because of its setting in a historical time and place, along with the fact that it is a fiction
book. It is clear that the Holocaust and Auschwitz play a major role in the history of 1940s
Europe, but the character Bruno, and many of the other characters of the book, were created.
Bruno and his story did not actually exist during the Holocaust, and thus the book is historical
fiction.
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