After WWI Berlin becomes a hub of culture in Europe. But the Great Depression allows fascism to take hold, and between 1933-35 Hitler's grip on power becomes absolute.

Taking a historical look at the racially unified People's Community in the 1930s, the diplomatic successes of the Third Reich, growing anti-Semitism across Germany, and the lead up to WWII.

Life on the Homefront and abroad is examined: from rationing and bereavement, the Allied bombing campaign, the Holocaust and finally, the fall of the Third Reich.