History Heartwarming / JojoRabbit

* Jojo makes a fake letter from Elsa's fiance breaking up with her. Then he feels bad and makes a second letter from the fiance apologizing.
** Especially when we find out that he died a year ago, think back on the series of letters Jojo continued to fake, and realise that Elsa didn't tell him to stop until it was all over.

* Jojo and his mother encounter a truckload of German soldiers returning from the war. Though she hates the war, Jojo's mother warmly welcomes them home. Though the way they just stare back at her with hollow eyes without stirring or saying a word and their obvious injuries make this a TearJerker as well.
* Listing the EntertaininglyWrong things he thinks he knows about Jews, he gets to how Jews "love ugly things"...then seems to have a LoveEpiphany when he remembers he himself is ([[InformedDeformity apparently]]) ugly and realizes what it means when applied to [[PrecociousCrush Elsa]].

* Klenzendorf helps Elsa evade the Gestapo by not exposing her when she looks nothing like Inge and gets Inge's birthdate wrong anyway.
** Klenzendorf being there in the first place, as unbeknownst to Jojo at this point, Rosie has been caught and likely already hanged as a member of LaResistance and the Gestapo were likely searching for anything that might have helped them find more Resistance members, and possibly punish Jojo as well, so Captain K was trying to protect him. Before he leaves, he tells Jojo to stay home and not go outside, likely to stop him seeing Rosie's body.
* Before facing a Soviet firing squad, Klenzendorf apologizes to Jojo for laughing at his book and offers condolences for the death of his mother. After giving him a hug, Klenzendorf removes the German coat from Jojo and starts calling him a "dirty Jew" so that the Soviets will spare the boy.

** Yorki doesn't even bat an eye when Jojo tells him he's been helping hide a Jew and even fallen in love with her, telling Jojo that there are much more important matters than that now. It also shows that they're TrueCompanions because Yorki is nothing but happy for him.

* Jojo and Elsa dancing in the street together, showing that both of them are free from the Nazis (Jojo from their indoctrination and Elsa from their persecution).
* Rosie’s talks with Elsa, especially her insistence that Elsa just being alive means the Nazis haven’t won, and her speech about what it means to be a woman. Becomes a TearJerker when Rosie despairs never getting to see her daughter grow up to be a woman, and concludes she’ll just have to be there to see Elsa instead. She never even gets to see that, as she is executed shortly after.
* When Jojo gets home after finding his mother hanged from the gallows, he stabs Elsa. Elsa, knowing that he's just a kid who doesn't know how to process the grief, just takes the knife out and hugs him without getting mad.
* Even though Jojo's reckless behaviour at the youth camp got Klenzendorf demoted, the latter never holds it against him. He mentions this fact only once (in a matter of fact way), and otherwise shows that he cares for his well-being. (In retrospect, he was probably happy to be less involved with the atrocities.)

** Klenzendorf being there in the first place, as unbeknown to Jojo at this point, Rosie has been caught and likely already hanged as a member of LaResistance and the Gestapo were likely searching for anything that might have helped them find more Resistance members, and possibly punish Jojo as well, so Captain K was trying to protect him. Before he leaves, he tells Jojo to stay home and not go outside, likely to stop him seeing Rosie's body.

* Even though Jojo's reckless behaviour at the youth camp got Klenzendorf demoted, the latter never holds it against him. He mentions this fact only once (in a matter of fact way), and otherwise shows that he cares for his wellbeing. (In retrospect, he was probably happy to be less involved with the atrocities.)

** Klenzendorf being there in the first place, as [[spoiler: unbeknown to Jojo at this point, Rosie has been caught and likely already hanged as a member of LaResistance and the Gestapo were likely searching for anything that might have helped them find more Resistance members, and possibly punish Jojo as well, so Captain K was trying to protect him. Before he leaves, he tells Jojo to stay home and not go outside, likely to stop him seeing Rosie's body.]]

* Rosie’s talks with Elsa, especially her insistence that Elsa just being alive means the Nazis haven’t won, and her speech about what it means to be a woman. Becomes a TearJerker when [[spoiler: Rosie despairs never getting to see her daughter grow up to be a woman, and concludes she’ll just have to be there to see Elsa instead. She never even gets to see that, as she is executed shortly after]].

* Even though Jojo's reckless behaviour at the youth camp got Klenzendorf demoted, the latter never holds it against him. He mentions this fact only once (in a matter of fact way), and otherwise shows that he cares for his wellbeing. (In retrospect, he was probably happy to be less involved with the atrocities.)

[[quoteright:350: "Your mother was a person. An ''actual'' [[Good Parents good person]].]]

** Klenzendorf being there in the first place, as [[spoiler: unbeknown to Jojo at this point, Rosie has been hanged for her LaResistance and the Gestapo were likely searching for anything that might have helped them find more Resistance members, and possibly punish Jojo as well, so Captain K was trying to protect him. Before he leaves, he tells Jojo to stay home and not go outside, likely to stop him seeing Rosie's body.]]
* Before facing an Soviet firing squad, Klenzendorf apologizes to Jojo for laughing at his book and offers condolences for the death of his mother. After giving him a hug, Klenzendorf removes the German coat from Jojo and starts calling him a "dirty Jew" so that the Soviets will spare the boy.

* Jojo admits he has a crush on Elsa but he knows she sees him [[LikeBrotherAndSister like a little brother]] and is perfectly fine with it.

* Rosie’s talks with Elsa, especially her insistence that Elsa just being alive means the Nazis haven’t won, and her speech about what it means to be a woman. Becomes a tearjerker when [[spoiler: Rosie despairs never getting to see her daughter grow up to be a woman, and concludes she’ll just have to be there to see Elsa instead. She never even gets to see that as she is executed shortly after]]

* Even though Jojo's reckless behaviour at the youth camp got Klenzendorf demoted, the latter never holds it against him. He mentions this fact only once (in a matter of fact way), and otherwise shows that he cares for his wellbeing.

* When Jojo gets home after finding his mother hanged from the gallows, he stabs Elsa. Elsa, knowing that he's just a kid who doesn't know how to process the grief, just takes the knife out and hugs him without getting mad.

* Before facing an Allied firing squad, Klenzendorf apologizes to Jojo for laughing at his book and offers condolences for the death of his mother. After giving him a hug, Klenzendorf removes the German coat from Jojo and starts calling him a "dirty Jew" so that the Allies will spare the boy.

* Rosie’s talks with Elsa, especially her insistence that Elsa just being alive means the Nazis haven’t won, and her speech about what it means to be a woman. Becomes a tearjerker when [[spoiler: Rosie despairs never getting to see her daughter grow up to be a woman, and concludes she’ll just have to be there to see Elsa instead. She never even gets to see that as she is executed shortly after]]

* Jojo admits he has a crush on Elsa but he knows she seems him [[LikeBrotherAndSister like a little brother]] and is perfectly fine with it.

* Jojo and Elsa dancing in the street together, showing that both of them are free from the Nazis (Jojo from their indoctrination and Elsa from their persecution).

* Jojo admits he has a crush on Elsa but he knows she seems him [[LikeBrotherAndSister like a little brother]] and is perfectly fine with it.

* The friendship between Jojo and Yorki, and the fact that nothing in the film manages to break the latter’s innocence.

* Before facing an Allied firing squad, Klenzendorf apologizes to Jojo for laughing at his book and offers condolences for the death of his mother. After giving him a hug, Klenzendorf removes the German coat from Jojo and starts calling him a "dirty jew" so that the Allies will spare the boy.
* The friendship between Jojo and Yorki, and the fact that nothing in the film manages to break the latter’ innocence.

* Jojo and his mother encounter a truckload of German soldiers returning from the war. Though she hates the war, Jojo's mother warmly welcomes them home.

* Before facing an Allied firing squad, Klenzendorf apologizes to Jojo for laughing at his book and offers condolences for the death of his mother. After giving him a hug, Klenzendorf removes the German coat from Jojo and starts calling him a "dirty jew" so that the Allies will spare the boy.

** Klenzendorf being there in the first place, as [[spoiler: unbeknown to Jojo at this point, Rosie has been hung for her LaResistance and the Gestapo were likely searching for anything that might have helped them find more Resistance members, and possibly punish Jojo as well, so Captain K was trying to protect him. Before he leaves, he tells Jojo to stay home and not go outside, likely to stop him seeing Rosie's body.]]

* Klenzendorf helps Elsa evade the Gestapo by not exposing her when she gets Inge's birthdate wrong.

** Especially when we find out that he died a year ago, and think back on the series of letters Jojo continued to fake, knowing that Elsa didn't ever ask him to stop pretending.

* Jojo makes a fake letter from Elsa's (fake) fiance breaking up with her. Then he feels bad and makes a second letter from the fiance apologizing.

* Before facing an Allied firing squad, Klenzendorf apologizes to Jojo for laughing at his book and offers condolences for the death of his mother. Then he makes his very best to save Jojo and when the boy still stumbles around, confused, he accuses him of being a Jew and chases the kid off to save him from the firing squad.