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.

From 1936 to 1940, Hitler's influence is felt in nearly all aspects of German life: at work, at church, in school and at home. This episode takes a look at the racially unified People's Community, the diplomatic successes of the Third Reich as Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles, the growing anti-Semitism across Germany, and the turbulent events leading up to the Second World War.

After the First World War, the Weimar republic is born and Berlin becomes a hub of culture in Europe. But the Great Depression provides fertile soil for fascism to take hold, and between 1933 and 1935 Hitler's grip on power becomes absolute; The Nazi flag flies everywhere and the Nazi salute is compulsory.