In Germany 1938, ten-year-old Anton wants to be in the Hitler Youth like all his classmates, but his father is against it. Show more

When his father enlists for war, Norwegian villager Fritjof has to support his family as a fisherman boy. Show more

Sandrine’s family helps persecuted Jews to escape from the Nazi regime. Suddenly her father gets arrested and the situation becomes very dangerous. Show more

Calum doesn’t care about the war and won’t practise boring air raid drills. But while he is on his bike, German bombers fly over the city of Clydebank. Show more

Romek and his parents live in a Jewish ghetto. He is a smuggler boy and from his last run he brings disturbing news. Show more

With her home city Stalingrad under attack, Vera arrives at an orphanage in Kazakhstan. Show more

Justus is delighted to become a 'soldier' defending Germany. He and a handful of other young boys are to hold a village street against the Americans. Show more

Eva is already an orphan when she arrives at Auschwitz concentration camp. She hopes to meet her friends from the Theresienstadt children's choir, who were deported before her. Show more