He is cruel to the prisoners, and taunts Bruno by calling him “little man,†something the boy despises. Kotler is eventually transferred away from Auschwitz when Father discovers that Kotler's father, a literature professor, fled from Germany in 1938 at the start of the war.
The wine wasted in Lieutenant Kotler's lap.
No
Lieutenant Kotler called Pavel a word that Bruno did not know most likely a cuss word.
Bruno, asked Kotler for an old spare tire with which to make a tire swing. Kotler replied in jest about one of the other soldier's fat belly.
Lieutenant Kotler and Bruno's Mother had an affair and Bruno's father found out.
19 years old.
I believe he might have left for a number of reasons, but it's hard to put a finger on a specific one. 1. He might have been Jewish 2. Lieutenant Kotler said his Father was a 'Professor of Literature' and at that time, academics like Kotler's Father had to be reported.
A mean soldier who hates Jews and calles Bruno little man
He made a list about the reasons why he hated Lieutenant Kotler.
Pavel is killed when he drops a bottle of wine into Lieutenant Kotler's lap. In a bout of anger, Kotler kills him - though the book does not say how he died.
"They smell even worse when they burn..."
Lieutenant Kurt Kotler.