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.

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.