* Bruno's father is promoted to Commandant of Auschwitz, which brings Bruno and his family closer to the horrors of the concentration camp.
* Bruno and Shmuel's friendship is discovered by Bruno's father, who forbids Bruno from seeing Shmuel again.
* Bruno decides to go and visit Shmuel one last time, and he sneaks into the concentration camp.
* Bruno and Shmuel are caught by a group of Nazi soldiers and taken to the gas chambers, where they are killed.