Germany, 1929. Helmut Machemer and Erna Schwalbe fall madly in love and marry in 1932. Everything indicates that a bright future awaits them; but then, in 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rise to power and their lives are suddenly put in danger because of Erna's Jewish ancestry.

Erna, Helmut and the Nazis

It is a secret long kept secret: It was four animals that have written the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany. The "ZDF Magazin Royale" sheds new light on the true origins.