 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1933, mwedzi mitatu bedzi pashure pokunge Adolf Hitler ava Chancellor, Eisner akatiza muBerlin achienda kuParis uko hanzvadzi yaigara. Ikoko akararama asina kugadzikana achitora chero basa raaigona kuwana kushandura, kuchengeta vana nezvimwewo uye achishanda pese pazvinogoneka semunhu anoshanda akazvimiririra mutsoropodzi wemafirimu kumagazini akasiyana siyana epasi rese nemapepanhau. Muna 1940, akasungwa muRafle du billet vert yokutanga ndokuendeswa kuVel dHiv nemazana evamwe vakadzi vechiJudha vasina kuroorwa. Kubva ikoko vakaendeswa kumusasa wevasungwa weGursmuPyrenees, musasa wevasungwa waitungamirirwa navaFrench nokuda kwavaGermany. Mushure memwedzi mishomanana, akakwanisa kutiza ndokuenda kuMontpellier kwaakanyoresa kwenguva pfupi semudzidzi asati awana nzira yake kuenda kuRodez uye kuna Pastor Exbrayat uyo akamubatsira kuwana mapepa enhema - akazova Louise Escoffier anobva kunharaunda yeAlsace. Akaramba achitaura naHenri Langlois, uyo akanga ari muParis, uye akanga achivanza matini emafirimu munyika yose kuti asava mumaoko evaNazi. Imwe yenzvimbo idzodzo yaiva pedyo neFigeac pakati peFrance, mumakamuri epasi peChâteau de Béduer. Langlois akarayira Eisner kuti aende ikoko kunochengetedza mafirimu kusanganisira The Great Dictator. Eisner akaita izvi mumamiriro okunze anotonhora zvikuru kwemwedzi asati apererwa nemari. Achida betsero, akakwanisa kuwana basa muchikoro chavasikana muFigeac. Aibatwa zvakaipa, akatanga kudzidzisa chiGerman kune vamwe vasikana veSpain vaigara nemudzidzisi wechikoro chepanzvimbo Madame Guitard, uyo akamutora; akagara ikoko kusvikira pakusunungurwa kweParis mukupera kwaAugust 1944. 