This American film documentary uses some never before seen footage of Adolph Hitler. The rise to power by Hitler is chronicled with historical accuracy and draws on Teutonic myths to explain the country's mind set that led to his fatal vision and the blind devotion of the German people. Although never receiving more than 30% of the popular vote, his meteoric rise to power comes in the wake of economic depression in a country still embittered over the country's defeat in World War I. Expatriate Marlene Dietrich adds the narration and the benefit of her personal experience in Germany before the terrible culmination of events in World War II. The film echoes the statement that mankind must first understand the lesson of history before the debate over nuclear weapons can be fully understood and properly examined.