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I think it is difficult to understand the true nature of Auschwitz because the parents have never explained what was truly going on. Their old house did not have any sign of the imprisonment that was happening. Bruno's biggest concern is moving out of his huge house. He is unaware of the war. Bruno and Gretel are young, and clueless because they are selfish and sheltered.

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I think gretel and bruno have a hard time understanding Auschwitz because they lack the information that they know. They are sheltered from the reality of the concentration camp by their parents, who refuse to tell them the truth about what is happening in Auschwitz. But then again they could just be afraid too. Living in close proximity to a death camp can be terrifying, especially for children who may not understand what is happening around them.

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I think Bruno and Gretel have a hard time understanding Auschwitz because they have never seen such violence like that in their lives and find it hard to comprehend. They don't know what's going on in the world because they're so young. - Madison b.

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I think the children don't understand because they've never seen anything like Auschwitz before. They are innocent young children who have never seen violence and horror like that. They were sheltered from it by their parents so the would have no idea what to make of the camps.

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Innocence is why its so hard for Bruno and Gretel to understand the gravity of the situation. They never had this in history books back then so how would they know what a concentration camp looks like.

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I think it's hard for Bruno and Gretel to understand the true nature of Auschwitz because they are innocent children. Gretel is only 12 years old and Bruno is only 9 they have never experienced or seen anything like this.

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I think it is hard for Bruno and Gretel to understand the true nature of Auschwitz because they are children. I think that when you are that age you have a certain level of innocence to which you don't think or even know that these kinds of horrendous things happen and exist.

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I think it is hard for them to realize what auschwitz is because they are children and any parent in their right mind does not want their kids knowing of the atrocities going on there.

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I think it is hard for Bruno and Gretel to understand what is going on because they are children, so they do not fully understand, as well as the fact that they are being sheltered, and not told anything about it.

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I think it is difficult for them the understand what is going on because they were being protected by their mother and maybe their father. They were protected because their mother didn't want them to know the true nature of those camps. Since they would know that it is wrong to do that and have a bad view on thier Father.

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I think that it is difficult for these two to understand because they have ben sheltered forme Auschwitz and they don't even know that their dads job is connected to this.

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I think it is difficult for them to understand Auschwitz because they haven't been given any good reason for why they are there and they don't want to believe that their father would take them somewhere so dangerous. They are still trying t find the good in their situation because that is what children look for.

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I think it is difficult for Bruno  & Gretel to understand the true nature of Auschwitz because they have been sheltered from hearing about places like Auschwitz. They don’t even know what their father’s job is or how he or his family is even connected to it. They have never experienced anything like it. - Toby F.

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They have not been told about places like Auschwitz before and they don't even know that their father's job is connected to it.

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well because they are children and they just moved out there, so they understand how things are in this knew town

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I think because they are so young and don't even know what their father does, they do not understand that this place is horrible

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Well because they are children. Innocent. They can not fathom a reason why. I mean most adults struggle trying to understand the holocaust.

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I think Bruno really doesn't know what is going and and I feel like Gretal kind of know but she doesn't really care cause her family is ok. 

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I think Bruno really doesn't know what is going and and I feel like Gretal kind of know but she doesn't really care cause her family is ok. 

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I think that Gretel and Bruno don't understand what is happening in Auschwitz because they have no idea that these kinds of things are happening in the world. They are innocent children who have been sheltered from knowing about what is happening to the Jewish people. They don't even know what their dad does for a job. Sam A

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I think it's hard for them to grasp the idea of what is happening to the people because they don't even know what Father's job is and they weren't even told why they were moving so I think their parents are shielding them from what is really going on in the world. -Talon R.

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I think that they don't understand it because they didn't grow up like that. They grew up in a nice house and their parents never told them what was going on in the world at that time. No one can be mad at them for not understanding because they don't know any better they grew up in royalty compared to the people they see out their window. They have been sheltered for so long that they don't know any better. Kylie H

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I think it is hard to understand because they are so used to one thing and they arent used to whats going on around them. Sometimes you cant understand change right away

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I think its hard for them to understand it because before where they lived seemed more city than where they are now. Definitely more country. They also seem like they don't know what their dad does for sure for work. Without them knowing that it they can't understand as much. Maycie A

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They don't understand what is going on because they are very innocent and have grown up without knowing about what has been going on in the world around them. Jonathan D.

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I think that they don't understand it because they didn't grow up like that. They grew up in a nice house and their parents never told them what was going on in the world at that time. No one can be mad at them for not understanding because they don't know any better they grew up in royalty compared to the people they see out their window. Kylie H

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It's hard for them to comprehend and  understand because they've never seen anything like it before. They're completely innocent and ignorant of the things going on in their country at the time.
-Sarah F.

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The reason Gretel and Bruno don't understand the full extend of their situation is because it's not something that happens everyday and it's not something they can simply learn about through experience. To them it's completely unheard of—it's not something everyone experiences in their lives.
- Dejah-Jade R.

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It is hard for them to understand because they haven't heard of this. They've only been used to and known their own luxurious lives. So seeing this they have no idea what to think or what is going on. However, they do understand that whatever this is, isn't good and gives them a bad feeling.
~Brynlee E

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I think its because they've never seen anything like this before. I also think it's because they don't know what there dad does so they can't get a full understanding.

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i think its hard for them because they have never seen anything like it and there not used to it

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i think its hard for them to understand because there not used to it

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I think it is hard for them to understand the true nature of Auschwitz because they have never seen anything like it. They have always been in the city surrounded by shops and people who look happy. I feel like their parents (particularly the mother) are trying to shield them from it so now that they see it they are trying to figure it out.

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All parents want to hide the hurt full truth of the world from their kids so it was hard to understand what the camps.

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All parents want to hide the hurt full truth of the world from their kids so it was hard to understand what the camps.

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I think it is so hard for them to understand because their parents have been hiding the kids from the harsh truth. Also, Gretel was trying to make sense of the situation but couldn't because she was confused.

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I think as they are children and have grown up with Nazism they do not truly understand the full extent of what is happening. Innocence is keeping them blind.

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I think as they are children and have grown up with Nazism they do not truly understand the full extent of what is happening. Innocence is keeping them blind.

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I think it would be difficult for any child to have to make sense of and understand the gravity of what was taking place in front of them. It was almost as if Gretel was in a state of denial when she sat and thought more about things on her bed but Bruno seemed stumped.

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I think it would be difficult for any child to have to make sense of and understand the gravity of what was taking place in front of them. It was almost as if Gretel was in a state of denial when she sat and thought more about things on her bed but Bruno seemed stumped.

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-Serena F.

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I don't think the understand what's happening because for 1 they have know idea what their father job is and I think that they don't invest into finding out about it much. Samantha L.

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Bruno doesn't understand what his father does, so he wouldn't understand the true nature of Auschwitz. Gretel doesn't understand anything other than what's in her little world.

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I think that Bruno is honestly just clueless about everything!  I think that Gretel probably understands more than Bruno does but she just doesn't care that much since it doesn't affect her personally.

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