What is a specific example of irony in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?Thank you so much!!

There are many examples of irony in this
novel. 

1. Both boys, Bruno and Shmuel, were born on the
same day, and they died on the same day. They were both born on April 15, 1934 (pg 109)
, and they both died in the gas chamber together.

2. Bruno
says,

"It's so
unfair...I don't see why I have to be stuck over here on this side of the fence where
there's no one to talk to and no one to play with, and you get to have dozens of friends
and are probably playing for hours every day." (pg
111)

What is ironic about
this statement is that Shmuel is the one who is a prisoner, not Bruno.  Bruno is free to
do anything he wants.  Shmuel is the one who is "stuck" on his side of the
fence.

3. When Bruno tells Gretel too much about Shmuel, he
pretends that Shmuel is an imaginary friend. Bruno asks her if she has an imaginary
friend.  She says,

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"No.....I'm thirteen years old, for heaven's
sake!  I can't afford to act like a child even if you can." (pg
159)

The ironic part is that
after saying this, she goes into her room and Bruno can hear her talking to her dolls
and scolding them for,

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"....getting into such a mess while her back was
turned that she had no choice but the rearrange them and did they think she had nothing
better to do with her time." (pg
159)

She may not be a child,
but she still talks to dolls as if they were imaginary
friends.

4. Bruno thinks he is moving back to Berlin.  He
comes to see Shmuel and they plan one last adventure together.  Bruno
thinks,

"All
in all, it seemed like a very sensible plan and a good way to say goodbye." (pg
199)

The ironic thing is that
it would be their final goodbye.  They would both die taking that
adventure.

5.When they were marched into the gas chamber,
Bruno took Shmuel's hand and says,

"You're my best friend,
Shmuel.  My best friend for life." (pg 213)

The ironic
thing about that statement is that it became true because they both died moments
later.

6. Finally, there is the sad event.  The father
thinks he is killing Polish prisoners, but he unknowingly kills his son with the rest of
the people.