Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?
Jewish Man: No, it's just a shower.
Bruno: It's not fair you've got a nicer view.
Gretel: I'm not swapping.
Mother: Ralf, you promised: You said it was miles away... One of them was in our kitchen.
Mother: No Ralph No, not that... That isn't war.
Father: The fatherland we all desire cannot be achieved without work such as this.
Mother: Don't touch me.
Bruno: Dad's a good man.
Gretel: Of course he is.
Lieutenant Kotler: They smell worse when they burn, don't they?
Bruno: He used to be a doctor once, but gave it all up to peel potatoes.
Lieutenant Kotler: How dare you talk to someone in the house? How dare you? Have you been stealing from the house?.. When I come back, we'll have a little chat about what happens to rats who steal.
Grandpa: You know, Ralf, your mother really is sick. She's been talking about this visit for weeks.
Mother: Maybe that's what's made her sick.
Pavel - Jewish servant: I practiced as a doctor.
Bruno: You must not have been very good then, if you had to practice.
Answer: She represents what many people, including the wives of many Nazis, were during the time of the Holocaust: brainwashed. Many people during the time of Nazi Germany did not know what the camps truly were. They thought they were labor camps meant to keep Jews "under control" and "beneficial to society" as many thought they couldn't be trusted unless monitored. This shown in the movie where they show the "labor camps" as being resorts with swimming pools and cafes in the Nazi propaganda commercial. When she realises the camps are actually death camps; she is horrified for the reasons many others who supported Nazi Germany were horrified in real life. #1 They realised they were lied to and now have to question what they believed. #2 Many folks were afraid of Jews and did not trust them, but they did not think they were evil and deserving of death. This seems confusing in light of what we know now. However, at the time, many Germans including the wives of Nazis were brainwashed.