What is the secret of large German family businesses? Who is behind the brands? Who decides on direction and strategy at the Oetkers, the Brenninkmeyers (C&A), the Riegels (Haribo) and the Herz ’(Tchibo)? The (...) company and family portraits of ZDF's contemporary history are also a reflection of the German past: from the hopeful beginning of the 20th century through the crisis years, world wars and dictatorship to the new beginning, from the boom of the so-called "economic miracle" to the present of the Internet and the Globalization.