Tells Hitler's story from youth, how early-on he defined a racist philosophy from ideas gleaned through a radical periodical. Covers Germany in WWI, the Kaiser's abdication in favor of the first Republic, Hitler's and the Nazis' steady ascendency from a failed 1923 putsch, his appointment as Chancellor despite being a minority candidate, then complete control gained upon the death of Pres. von Hindenburg.The war years focuses on atrocities committed in Poland.