what was the name of the boys dad in the boy in the striped pajamas
He meets Bruno and they become the best of friends, even though they're tâ¦wo completely different people- Bruno is the son of a Nazi, Shmuel is a Jew. Shmuel is the shy, cute, Polish-Jewish Boy in the striped pajamas. His father is a watch-maker, his mother a teacher, and he has an older brother named Josef. Shmuel is a Jewish boy who wears striped pajamas.