What happened to the boy in the striped pyjamas?

Question

This is a book quiz question. The answer can be found in a classic or children's book. They give me no more clues. Please help!

Answer 1

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (ISBN 0-385-60940-X) is a 2006 novel by John Boyne. This is the first Boyne book written for children.[
This book is a story about a nine year old boy struggling to understand what is happening around him in Auschwitz during World War II.
The main character, a nine year-old boy, is the son of a commander near Jewish concentration camps. He has a strong headed sister (the Hopeless Case). They live in a five story mansion, but are one day suddenly moved to a place called the Out-with (Auschwitz).[4] Bruno, the boy, outraged by his father's decision to move to the Out-with, and desperate to go home, spends his time in his room with no friends. He is also annoyed by the fact that they live in a three story house instead of their old five-story mansion, and with such a small space, there isn't any room for exploration (apparently a hobby of Bruno's) to be done. He also misses sliding down the banister in their old house.
In Bruno's bedroom, he spots a fence with people in striped pyjamas behind it from his window. These are the Jews, and they are in a concentration camp. One day his parents come to an agreement that both Bruno and Gretel (his sister) need a tutor for their education so they hire Herr Liszt. To Bruno, Herr Liszt is the most boring teacher one could ever have - because he teaches science (such as geography and history), instead of the arts, which Bruno prefers. So, in boredom and confusion he wonders what is going on in the Out-with and why people are always dressed in striped pyjamas there.
One afternoon he goes exploring. What he finds is a boy. The boy is called Shmuel and he is a Jew (though Bruno has no knowledge of Jews). He soon becomes Bruno's friend and Bruno goes to see him every afternoon and they talk. Bruno finds out about Jews and their striped pyjamas soon after arriving at Out-with and his sister, and becomes more educated about the Jews.
The story ends with Bruno about to leave Out-with and return to his previous home with his mother. As a final adventure, he agrees to climb under the fence to help Shmuel find his father who has gone missing in the camp. They do not find Shmuel's father, and Bruno decides it is time to go home. However, they accidentally stumble into a crowd of Jews being forced to 'march' to the gas chambers. Bruno is never heard of again.

Answer 2

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

This book takes place in germany during World War II. Bruno' is a 9 year old boy whose father is an officer at a place Bruno called "Out-with", parrallel to Auschwitz concentration camp. Across a barbed wire fence, he meets another 9 year old boy, Schmuel, who is a prisoner at the concentration camp and wears striped pajamas. Bruno does not understand or know all of the terrible things happening all around him and to his friend Schmuel and the others wearing striped pajamas. SPOILER: In the end, Bruno's mother decides to take the children back to Berlin. Bruno decides to sneak off and put on stiped pajamas and sneak across the barbed wire to be with Schmuel. It is a bit vague at the end but the boys are taken with a group on a forced march where Schmuel dies and Bruno is alone with the group; he is a boy in striped pajamas.

Answer 3

They are all gased at the end because Bruno crosses the fence into the concentration camp and unfortunately everyone is ushered into the showers. So sad cried!!

Answer 4

The Snowman?

The book in Barrowman's answer doesn't sound like a classic or a children's book.

Answer 5

his name is shmuel and he dies in a gas chamber

Answer 6

He starred in the 'Signal' toothpaste advert with his mother & father, har-de-har-har!

Answer 7

He probably became Peter Pan.