In chapter 19, Bruno and Shmuel plan on their last goodbye. Bruno planned to disguise himself as one of the Jews and told Shmuel to get him a spare pair of the pajamas. In this way they could play for the last time and Bruno could help Shmuel find his father, Papa. As planned the boys managed to succeed with their plan and the next thing you know, Bruno was on the other side of the fence. After investigating around the camp, trying to find any traces of Papa, Bruno soon saw how different the camp really were and how sad and skinny everyone in there were and how mean the soldiers were to the people, so he got scared and decided to go back home. But as he was about to walk back to the fence, the soldiers started yelling and everyone crowded at where the two boys were standing. They were all told to march to this dark room. In there Bruno took the hand of his friend and told him how much he meant to him and that now they are best friends for life. But as Shmuel was going to say something back, a sudden scream full of a devastating horror came across the room and everything and everyone was silent. They have all just been killed.
If I were in these to boys' situation, I would have been very terrified and devastated.
On page 216, in the closing paragraph, I think the author was being sarcastic and meant that even though today people are saying a thing such as The Holocaust could never happen again, it really depends on us, the people to make that decision because whether it happens or not in the end, at least one person will be the leader of it all, just like Hitler.
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