Un corazón puro puede brillar aun en la noche más oscura. Y en el más terrible de los tiempos. Marie-Laure es una joven ciega que vive con su padre en París, donde él trabaja como responsable de las mil cerraduras del Museo de Historia Natural. Cuando los nazis ocupan la capital, padre e hija deben huir con la más preciada y peligrosa joya del museo. Werner es un muchacho huérfano criado en un pueblo minero de Alemania y fascinado por la fabricación...

When Odette's father becomes a Nazi prisoner-of-war and the Paris police begin arresting Jews, her mother sends Odette to hide in the Catholic French countryside where she must keep many secrets to survive.

Waltraud is a young girl when her father is forced into the German army during World War II, and her life is turned upside down. Without him, she must cope with bombings, the deprivations and horrors of war, and zealous Nazis. She finds the inner strength to resist the Nazis in big and small ways. But even the end of the war doesn't bring her peace, as she must embark on a harrowing journey that could cost her life.

Vividly depicts the lives of five young German friends forced to navigate the unconscionable moral compromises of life under Hitler. Level-headed, highly decorated officer Wilhelm goes off to the eastern front with his sensitive younger brother Friedhelm. Deeply in love with Wilhelm is Charlotte, a young nurse who looks forward to serving in the Red Cross.