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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

11 min read 14 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A nine-year-old boy befriends a boy on the other side of a fence, oblivious to the Holocaust unfolding around him.

You’ll learn

  • Innocence can blind us to evil
  • Friendship transcends arbitrary divides
  • The banality of ordinary complicity
  • Empathy is a radical act