How was Adolf Hitler able to count on the German public even in the face of unspeakable suffering and impending doom? Evocative and previously unseen private archive footage, much of it in colour, shows life in Nazi Germany from 1933 onwards till the end of the Nazi regime in 1945. This documentary is a revealing portrait of the German people, how they lived and perceived the world, under Hitler.

After losing his family and army in the Russian Civil War, White Guard officer Neratov flees to Constantinople with Wrangel's defeated forces and becomes leader of Russian emigrants.