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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Sam Moore

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas criticised for harming Holocaust education

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has been criticised for having a negative impact on Holocaust education.

John Boyne, the author of the novel, which depicts the relationship between a young concentration camp prisoner and the son of a Nazi commander, recently announced a sequel entitled All the Broken Places will be released later this year despite criticism from the Auschwitz Museum.

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