Six decades after the Nazis systematically exterminated millions of Jews, Holocaust scholar Daniel Goldhagen returns to Europe to examine the roots of genocide and the reasons behind its continuing occurrence. Along the way, he gathers stories from survivors, eyewitnesses, participants and political figures who shed light on genocide's disastrous effects and offer insights for preventing its repetition.

The battle of the Huertgen Forest was one of the bloodiest of World War II. This is the true story of a battlefield reunion of American and German soldiers nearly 55 years after they fought in the Huertgen forest.