Comparing The Holocaust In The Striped Pajamas And The Diary Of Anne Frank

Many believe that the Holocaust is one of the most senseless concepts in the history of humankind. The Holocaust happened during the early parts of the twentieth century before the expansion of World War II. It is a theory that was backed up by the Germans, which intended to kill all racially individuals. The holocaust had played a major part in these two character’s lives. In both, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Bruno, and The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne, World War II had a huge impact on the family and the characters sense of self. Bruno and Anne Frank are very different yet quite alike. Anne Frank was a Jew and Bruno was a German. Anne Frank being a Jew she would have to deal with the holocaust. “Anne was well-known for the diary she …show more content…
Bruno had to move out of his old house because of his fathers job, they ended up moving to a house where a concentration camp was just yards away. Bruno had asked his mother what the maid was doing with his clothes and she had replied with “She’s packing them” (Boyne 2) of course Bruno was furious and had to find out why they were moving which was because of his fathers job. Anne Frank and her family had to worry about being found in the attic, they would have to be very quiet and could only walk when the store was closed. “The people in hiding have to stay indoors around the clock. They must also be extremely quiet during the day when people are at work in the warehouse downstairs” (“Anne Frank”). Being quiet was the main key to hiding, especially if they wanted to survive after the war had ended. Anne Frank didn’t have much to do in hiding until she received her diary, she would write everything that had happened during her stay in the annex. Anne was not a patient girl and loved the outdoors, since she could not do anything but sit quietly she would write in her diary. Anne Frank was always faithful and hopeful, even at the end when she was taken to the concentration camps, her father recalls her being happy just to be outside and hoping to survive the concentration camps (“Anne Frank”). Anne’s father understood her more than any other family member. He knew that …show more content…
Anne Frank had to keep quiet when she was in the annex, which would mean she had to mature a little quicker than she had expected. “Anne is arrested along with all the others. In the Auschwitz concentration camp, Anne ends up in the same barracks as her mother and sister”(“Anne Frank”). The reason they had been arrested is because someone had heard them in the annex and decided to betray them by turning them in. The family was then take away to concentration camps. Anne Frank also had matured by developing her relationships with her family and being forced to understand her parents and sister on a deeper level. Anne and her mother’s relationship in hiding was at times complicated (“Anne Frank”). Even though Anne and her mother’s relationship was tough they still maintained a safe environment so they would not be caught by the Nazi Soldiers. Bruno would have to realize that moving to a different house isn’t the worse thing that could happen, especially since what is happening with World War II. “Of course I don’t like it! It’s awful. There’s nothing to do, there’s no one to talk to, nobody to play with. You can’t tell me that you’re happy we’ve moved here, surely?” (Boyne 57). This is before Bruno had met Shmuel so he did’t have anyone to talk to other than his family. Bruno became immensely bored and just wanted to go back to his old house where all of his friends were. At