Brussels in January 1940. The war! The Germans! Is there no other topic these days? Spirou can’t stand hearing about it anymore. Even Fantasio is serving in the military and dreaming of great heroic deeds for the fatherland. But Belgium is supposed to be neutral! However, when he meets Felix, who is new to Brussels, Spirou's perspective begins to change: The Germans are persecuting people of the Jewish faith? Felix was forced to leave his home in Germany? Incredible! Soon after, when German soldiers actually march into Brussels and Jewish exiles are rounded up and deported to camps, Spirou's political awareness is awakened. Ten years after "Portrait of a Hero as a Young Fool," Émile Bravo seamlessly connects to the events of his "Spirou" classic against the backdrop of the German invasion sweeping across Europe.