The two embark on a friendship, each envying the other’s mysterious life behind the electrified fence. Bruno believes the camp is a leisure paradise filled with kids and games. And Shmuel knows of ...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is considered to be one of the most accurate yet painful movies based on the worst period of humanity in the last century, the Holocaust. It is inspired by John Boyne’s ...

With “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” writer-director Mark Herman attempts to do on film what John Boyne did on the printed page in his 2006 novel: Confront the horror of the Holocaust in a story ...

Nathan Abrams has received funding from a variety of charities and research councils. Irish novelist John Boyne published his novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in 2006. The protagonist, ...

The evils of the Holocaust are revealed through the eyes of an 8-year-old in “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.” The grim tale, based on the novel by John Boyne, explores the secrets and lies ...

Moviegoers can be forgiven for feeling a little Holocaust fatigue. There have been so many films about the subject, or using it as a backdrop, that there’s no shame in feeling a bit numb to it all.

(JTA) — A best-selling children’s novel that the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum has said “should be avoided by anyone who studies or teaches about the history of the Holocaust” is getting a sequel.

To borrow a line from an Indy colleague, the first thing I thought at the start of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was, “Uh-oh, this is another Nazi movie.” However, the film’s unique perspective ...

“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is a powerful fantasy that carves out its place in the realm of Holocaust fiction with a vivid depiction of how an innocent child reacts to his glimpses of the “Final ...

YOU never forget going on stage to the sound of your own footsteps, says Mark Herman, the York screenwriter-director. He was recalling the less than enthusiastic reaction of the media pack at a Cinema ...

In creating a fable about the Holocaust this question rises: Is this a topic that really needs further simplification? Arguably, much of the fiction and film that has addressed the atrocities of the ...