Come of age means growing up. When you have more responsibilities, when you're moving from childhood to adulthood and understand more things. When you are changing but not only physically, also mentally. When you are becoming more MATURE.
Gretel changes out her dolls for Nazi posters and when his mom started looking sick. he s also affected when Pavel gets beat up and when he gets yelled at by lieutenant kotler when he likes about Shmuel and makes Shmuel get in trouble
