The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Based on John Boyne's famous novel, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas", the play staged on the stage of the Akhmeteli Theater shows us the tragedy of the Holocaust through the eyes of children - Bruno and Shmuel. On the one hand, he is the son of a German officer, on the other - a prisoner of a concentration camp; The barbed wire between them is not only a physical barrier, but also a gap between ideology and reality.

The play focuses on the sincere friendship between two boys, which survives even in the most inhuman conditions.

This is a story about how hatred and blind obedience destroy human bonds. Against this background, the play indirectly makes us think about how vitally important it became for the Jewish people to protect their security and the right to their homeland after the horrors of the Holocaust, which further strengthened the idea of ​​Zionism in the political arena as a guarantee of their identity and survival anywhere in the world.

The play allows the audience to see a stark contrast between childlike innocence and the grim reality of war, reminding us that the world would be much more humane without the boundaries set by elders and ethnic strife. It is a heavy, but necessary spectacle, which prompts the viewer to think about his own moral responsibility.