A documentary made in the UK shortly after the war. The film examines the events before the war broke out, and depicts Hitler, his family background, his attempts to be accepted as a painter, his military service in World War I, his first political activity and the increasing influence of the Nazi party, Germany between the two wars, inflation, unemployment, rising racism, the Nazi reign, the ostracizing of the Jews, racist and discriminating legislation, the book boycott, the Munich treaty, the non-aggression pact with Russia, the invasion of Poland and outbreak of the war, the collapse of France and the submission of the Low Countries, the Hindenburg funeral, the nvolvement of the Allied Forces and Germany's defeat. Includeing dramatization, animation and caricatures.