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The Holocaust in John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief – opportunities and limitations of a language teacher

by Medinger Jessy

At first, this thesis focusses on the representation of the Holocaust in two examples of young adult literature: Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Zusak’s The Book Thief. Its aim is to highlight the approach both authors take in depicting the Holocaust and using it as a setting for their plot. It also raises the question of what importance the Holocaust as such plays in the eyes of the young adult reader. One of the methods used to explore this question will be a student...

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