Traces the history of the long hunt for the Nazis from 1945 to the present day. At the end of the war, when in the liberated countries a feeling of vengeance overwhelmed the conscience, the Allies succeeded in setting up the first trial in history at Nuremberg, condemning to death the most senior Nazi officials still alive. But in the early 1960s, Germany wanted to forget, and many managed to escape the cracks. Three extraordinary personalities engage in a fierce fight.