1. Theme Package

2.  Bruno mistakes the word “Führer “ for “Fury”  The Führer was the title of Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany from 1933-45  Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbduo4fHANA&fe ature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbduo4fHANA&fe ature=related Adolf Hitler -The Führer -

3.  Chapter 11 mentions Bruno’s meeting with the Fury’s friend, the pretty blonde lady  Eva Braun met Hitler when she was only 17  She and Hitler were married 40 hours before their deaths by suicide in 1945 – she was 33

4.  Bruno mistakes the name Auschwitz for Out-With  Auschwitz was a notorious concentration camp in Poland which existed from 1940-45

5.  Rudolf Höss was the first commandant of Auschwitz from 1940 – 43  In June 1941 Höss was informed that because of its isolation, Auschwitz had been chosen by Hitler as the main site for the extermination of European Jews  Höss was executed in 1947

6.  Juana Bormann was one of the few women guards at Auschwitz  She was known for her cruelty and called “Wiesel” and “the woman with dogs”  She was executed after the war for war crimes