Why Do Children Survive In The Striped Pajamas Persuasive Essay

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The children that were born where killed immediately or also they were killed before they born. Because were Jewish, also they do not a port something useful to the Nazis such us strength only they could clean tiny objects like is seen in the film in striped pajamas. Almost all the children were killed, only an eleven percent of them survive. The children were almost dying of hunger and they never knew what was happening in there and what was happening with their families. Some children survive because they were hidden from the Nazis. Finally, when they reach the age of twelve years old they started to work in strength labors or they were use in

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