Bruno and his family live in Berlin, then as now the capital city of Germany. Berlin is the epicenter of government in the Third Reich, and anyone who is anyone lives there. Bruno's father, Ralf, is a rising star in the SS; he's fiercely ambitious and great things are expected of them. One night, none other than the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, comes to dinner and personally gives Bruno's father a promotion. Although Bruno is too young to understand quite what his father's new position entails, he subsequently discovers that he'll be taking over as commandant of the notorious Auschwitz death camp. Yet even after his family has moved, Bruno still doesn't fully comprehend the true nature of Ralf's new job, as his numerous interactions with Shmuel illustrate.
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