電影情節於1939年德國發起的猶太大移民開始。那時二戰剛剛打響，克拉科夫周圍的波蘭猶太人被要求到克拉科夫集中。同時，來自摩拉維亞的奧斯卡·舒特拉以一個德國商人的身份，來到這個城市，以求發戰爭財。舒特拉是納粹黨黨員，經常對德意志國防軍和黨衛隊的官員大筆大筆地進行賄賂，以便獲得更多的採購權。舒特拉在軍方的贊助下開辦起軍用餐具廠。他自己並不太了解如何經營企業，但後來他遇到了合伙人伊薩克·斯特恩。此人是克拉科夫猶太委員會的官員，熟悉猶太人商人圈子，與該區的黑市有聯繫。猶太商人借給舒特拉辦廠的資金，但只要求獲得較小部分的回報分成。工廠開辦後，舒特拉負責去取悅納粹黨，獲得了「Herr Direktor」的頭銜，斯特恩則負責處理一切管理事務。舒特拉以可以少給工錢為由招聘猶太波蘭人而不要一般波蘭人（其實所謂的「工錢」工人們一分拿不到，全部都要上交給黨衛隊）。舒特拉工廠里的工人可以走出猶太區。斯特恩費盡心思偽造文書，讓儘量多的人表面上看起來符合「對德國打仗有利」這一條件，獲得進入工廠的資格，免受殘害或被拉到集中營受苦。
二次大戰期間，德國佔領法國，蘇珊娜(美蘭妮羅倫 飾)親眼目睹家人被納粹德軍軍官(基斯杜化華爾茲 飾)殺害，她僥倖逃脫後逃亡巴黎，偽造身分成為戲院老闆，隱姓埋名並積極醞釀復仇大計，以報滅門之仇。 與此同時，同盟國盟軍中尉(畢彼特 飾)正在結集數名猶太裔三教九流之士，組織成一支「雜種」部隊，並與實際身分為臥底特工的德國女星(戴安古嘉 飾) 聯手，密謀刺殺希特勒。
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
1939年，二戰爆發，當時只得27歲的華迪拉史標曼Wladyslaw Szpilman (艾哲倫保迪飾演)被譽為是波蘭最頂尖的鋼琴家，當德國空軍的飛彈擊落波蘭國營電台那一刻，收音機在播放的正是史標曼彈奏的「蕭邦夜曲升C小調篇」。身為猶太人的史標曼，與家人隨即被押解到華沙的強制性猶太人區。在納粹德軍控制下的華沙街道上，史標曼苟延偷生，以在夜店演奏維生， 可是，最恐怖的時候終於來臨，史標曼跟成千上萬的同胞被勒令登上前往集中營火車……就在此時，他得到一名德國軍官荷西夫Hosenfeld (湯馬士祈舒曼飾演)的幫助，成功避過集中營一役，還在六年的戰火中熬過來。
在二戰時期的納粹德國洗腦教育下，十歲豆丁祖祖（盧文格芬戴維斯 飾）熱血又愛國，一心要加入希特拉青年團，更幻想出搞鬼的希特拉作為知心好友。但善良又充滿愛心的祖祖，卻因為不肯殺可愛兔仔，慘遭團友排擠。一天，他發現母親（施嘉莉祖安遜 飾）秘密在家中收留猶太少女艾莎（湯瑪仙麥簡絲Thomasin McKenzie 飾），令他如臨大敵。
圭多是一個心地善良樂觀的猶太青年。他對生活充滿了美好的嚮往。他和好友駕駛破車從鄉間來到阿雷佐小鎮，他的願望是在小鎮開一家屬於自己的書店過著與世無爭的生活。途經一座穀倉塔時，年輕漂亮的女子多拉突然從塔樓上跌落到他的懷中。圭多立刻對她產生了好感。兩人邂逅燃起了心中愛情的火焰。婚後，圭多夢寐以求的書店開業了，他們有了個乖巧可愛的兒子喬舒亞。圭多一家人生活幸福美滿。豈料，在喬舒亞五歲生日這天，納粹分子抓走了父子，強行把他們送往猶太人集中營。 多拉不願獨善其身，堅持要和兒子一同前往集中營。圭多運用幽默的態度面對集中營內的殘酷生活，為兒子製造不少滑稽歡樂片段。當解放來臨時，圭多將兒子藏在一個鐵櫃裡，叮囑喬舒亞不要出來，他打算趁亂到女牢去找妻子多拉，但不幸被納粹發現。當納粹押走圭多經過喬舒亞的鐵櫃時，他還樂觀帶笑大步地走去，以逗笑方式暗示兒子不要出來，不久，就聽見一聲槍響......
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.
England, 1021. Rob Cole, a boy born in a miserable mining town, swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi soldier, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly changing world.
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.
Vienna, 1937, on the eve of the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The young and inexperienced Franz Huchel begins to learn about both the joys and hardships of life by working as an apprentice to the mutilated war veteran Otto Trsnjek in a small tobacco shop, where he meets the famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, who will become a valuable friend in times of chaos and uncertainty.
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis while doing both of their jobs.
Paris 1942. François Mercier is an ordinary man who only aspires to start a family with the woman he loves, Blanche. He is also the employee of a talented jeweler, Mr. Haffmann. But faced with the German occupation, the two men will have no other choice but to conclude an agreement whose consequences, over the months, will upset the fate of our three characters.
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1944, during World War II. Andries Riphagen, a powerful underworld boss, has made his fortune by putting his many criminal talents at the service of the Nazi occupiers. But the long battle is about to end and the freedom fighters, who have been persecuted and murdered for years, are abandoning their hideouts to mercilessly hunt down those who have collaborated with the killers.
In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult children, Micol and Alberto, gather a diverse circle of friends for tennis and parties at their villa with its lovely grounds, and try to keep the rest of the world at bay. But tensions between them all grow as anti-Semitism rises in Fascist Italy, and even the Finzi-Continis will have to confront the Holocaust.
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.
During World War II, Salamo Arouch, a passionate boxer, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Soon, he is forced to box against his fellow prisoners for the sake of entertainment.