the boy in the striped pajamas

I disliked the movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas because I found that it achieved the opposite of its goal and sent the wrong message across. The purpose of Holocaust movies is to inform the viewers of the abominable happenings of the Holocaust. At the conclusion of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, I found myself feeling bad for the German boy. Instead of portraying the cruelty of the Germans, the movie made me feel sorry for the German family, forgetting that they were responsible for much of the Jews pain and destruction. Throughout the whole movie, emphasis is placed on the fact that the German boy is trapped behind the cold walls of his house and unable to have a normal childhood. This unfortunate reality takes away much focus from the incomparable torture the Jews were going through. But not only do you feel bad for the German kid, you also come to feel bad for his father, who’s mourning bitterly over the death of his son, ignoring the fact that he has caused this exact pain to a mass race of people. The reason I dislike the movie so much is because, the attention is given to the German family, and makes you think twice, that maybe there was another side to the Holocaust. Instead of focusing on the death of millions of Jews, you find yourself grieving the death of the German child, losing focus of the reality of the situation. This is a failure in the attempt to educate the world about the truths of the Holocaust.