The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and America's Holocaust
Recently I watched a film titled, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". The film takes place during World War 2 in Nazi Germany. It centers around a young German boy named Bruno who is forced to move from his home in Berlin to a new house in Poland. This move is due to his father's promotion from an SS officer to commandment. Bruno is eight years old and completely unaware of the current affairs of the world, the only thing on his mind is being an explorer.
When Bruno arrives at his new home he is saddened that there are no children nearby to play with. From his bedroom window he spots what he thinks is a farm a few miles from his house. He also notices children at this farm, who despite being strange because they wear pajamas all day, he desires to play with. Initially his mother does not see any reason why it wouldn't be okay to play with the children at the farm. However she objects when one of the "farmers" brings vegetables into the kitchen and Bruno asks why is they wear pajamas all day that she realizes the pajamas are uniforms, the farmers are Jews and the farm is actually a concentration camp.
Bruno eventually ignores his mother's objection and ventures towards the concentration camp. He meets a boy his age at the fence of the camp and they find commonality in their age and that they have no one else to play with. Bruno is very naive to why this boy, Shmuel is wearing "pajamas" and is on the other side of the fence. Shmuel tries to explain to Bruno that soldiers took his clothes and his father was a watchmaker before coming to the camp. Throughout several weeks Bruno and Shmuel's friendship grows. During this time Bruno's new tutor attempts to indoctrinate him and his sister in Nationalism and Antisemitism. The tutor emphasizes to Bruno that there is no such thing as a nice Jew and Bruno becomes confused because the only Jews he has met have been nice.
One day Bruno peeks in on a propaganda film his father played which portrayed the concentration camps as vacation places with games and cafes for the Jews. Eventually, this film has devastating consequences for Bruno.
Today like Bruno, many Americans and even Christians are unaware of the death camps a few miles from their own homes and churches. We have referred to these places as family health centers or abortion clinics but in reality these places murder children. It is legalized child sacrifice right next door. Maybe to some calling it child sacrifice is too extreme. However, if you were to watch an abortion performed I dare you to call it anything less.
Women and men sacrifice their pre-born children for their jobs, college education, money and comfortable lifestyle. Despite the circumstances which surround these parents, killing an innocent child should never be the answer and should be illegal.
Bruno was naive of the real purpose for the concentration camps. However, the more I examine the American church the more I ask myself If we really are naive or just comfortable. Maybe we are more like the parents who sacrifice their children so their comfortable lifestyles are not disturbed. Maybe we are more concerned with keeping up to date with our TV shows and sports teams than our small neighbors being led to the slaughter. What will cause us to wake up and rise?
Psalm 94:16 asks, "Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?" So if you are a Christian reading this, will you rise? Or will you pretend to be like Bruno, young and naive to the holocaust happening in your city? Because the truth is, we know what is really happening, but we have chosen to look the other way.
When Bruno arrives at his new home he is saddened that there are no children nearby to play with. From his bedroom window he spots what he thinks is a farm a few miles from his house. He also notices children at this farm, who despite being strange because they wear pajamas all day, he desires to play with. Initially his mother does not see any reason why it wouldn't be okay to play with the children at the farm. However she objects when one of the "farmers" brings vegetables into the kitchen and Bruno asks why is they wear pajamas all day that she realizes the pajamas are uniforms, the farmers are Jews and the farm is actually a concentration camp.
Bruno eventually ignores his mother's objection and ventures towards the concentration camp. He meets a boy his age at the fence of the camp and they find commonality in their age and that they have no one else to play with. Bruno is very naive to why this boy, Shmuel is wearing "pajamas" and is on the other side of the fence. Shmuel tries to explain to Bruno that soldiers took his clothes and his father was a watchmaker before coming to the camp. Throughout several weeks Bruno and Shmuel's friendship grows. During this time Bruno's new tutor attempts to indoctrinate him and his sister in Nationalism and Antisemitism. The tutor emphasizes to Bruno that there is no such thing as a nice Jew and Bruno becomes confused because the only Jews he has met have been nice.
One day Bruno peeks in on a propaganda film his father played which portrayed the concentration camps as vacation places with games and cafes for the Jews. Eventually, this film has devastating consequences for Bruno.
Today like Bruno, many Americans and even Christians are unaware of the death camps a few miles from their own homes and churches. We have referred to these places as family health centers or abortion clinics but in reality these places murder children. It is legalized child sacrifice right next door. Maybe to some calling it child sacrifice is too extreme. However, if you were to watch an abortion performed I dare you to call it anything less. Women and men sacrifice their pre-born children for their jobs, college education, money and comfortable lifestyle. Despite the circumstances which surround these parents, killing an innocent child should never be the answer and should be illegal.
Bruno was naive of the real purpose for the concentration camps. However, the more I examine the American church the more I ask myself If we really are naive or just comfortable. Maybe we are more like the parents who sacrifice their children so their comfortable lifestyles are not disturbed. Maybe we are more concerned with keeping up to date with our TV shows and sports teams than our small neighbors being led to the slaughter. What will cause us to wake up and rise?
Psalm 94:16 asks, "Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?" So if you are a Christian reading this, will you rise? Or will you pretend to be like Bruno, young and naive to the holocaust happening in your city? Because the truth is, we know what is really happening, but we have chosen to look the other way.
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