Shmuel: A nine year old Jewish boy of the story. He is the boy Bruno meets through the fence at Out-With. They become friends. Shmuel is very confuse on where he is and what he is doing in the concentration camp on the other side of the fence. He is a prisoner and he must wear the striped pajamas like other prisoners.
Gretel: She is Bruno's older sister who is twelve years old. She doesn't like new things. She