Nos moldes do fascismo, que se desenvolveu na Itália, o nazismo esteve sob a liderança de Adolf Hitler, entre os anos de 1933 a 1945.

O símbolo do nazismo era a bandeira vermelha com uma cruz gamada, conhecido como suástica.

Esse movimento consistia numa mistura de dogmas e preconceitos a respeito da pretensa superioridade da raça ariana. Os alemães acreditavam ser superiores aos outros grupos sobretudo de judeus.

O nazismo não era um movimento completamente novo na sociedade alemã. Outros movimentos compartilhavam de seu nacionalismo extremado, de seu racismo sob a tentativa de criar uma sociedade militarista e reacionária.

The film is about a eight-year-old German boy called Bruno (Asa Butterfield), who’s father (David Thewlis) is a Nazi commandant and gets a promotion, moving from Berlin into the countryside with Bruno’s mother and sister. There, they stay in a house near from a concentration camp, and one day, exploring the backyard, Bruno finds the fence that separate him from the Jewish prison; through that fence he sees people with striped pajamas in a farm, and meets a boy called Shmuel (Jack Scanlon). Bruno and Shmuel become friends, completely not concerned about what was going on, and there begins a tragic story about a dangerous friendship.

The actors are great, they really get into their characters allowing us to feel their feelings; the scenography is really detailed, with scenery and costumes faithful to the time that the film portrays; the soundtrack is smooth, and there's no need for special effects.

Generally, the film's amazing; it introduces us to the World War II scenario from the perspective of a Nazi child and his Jewish little friend, which is very interesting since most of the films about World War II tells the story from the adult's perspective. See the world through child's eyes allow us to understand that not all of the people during the World War II knew what was happening, like the children, that saw all of that with innocence.