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En agosto de 1939, el ingeniero alemán Wernher von Braun, que soñaba con ser el primero en lanzar un cohete al espacio, se une a los nazis para recaudar fondos para su proyecto. Pero cuando Hitler invade Polonia el 1 de septiembre, este joven jefe de un centro de investigación del Báltico se ve obligado a reconsiderar sus ambiciones. Ante el avance victorioso de la Wehrmacht en Europa Occidental, miles de refugiados huyen para escapar de la persecución; muchos judíos intentan llegar a Palestina, pero los británicos que administran el territorio les niegan el acceso.

En 1941, Hedwig Höss se traslada con su familia a Auschwitz, justo al lado del campo de exterminio que dirige su marido, Rudolf. En Tel Aviv, Golda Meir descubre en una carta sacada de contrabando de Auschwitz que los nazis están asesinando sistemáticamente a judíos allí.

In 1942, as the Soviets struggle at Stalingrad, Nikita Khrushchev pushes for a counteroffensive while secretly rescuing his granddaughter after his son goes missing in action. Meanwhile, Wernher von Braun achieves a breakthrough in rocket development, only to partner with the SS after Allied bombing destroys his facility, leading to the use of concentration camp labor. At the same time, Frantz Fanon, a young Black volunteer from Martinique, faces racism while fighting with the Free French forces as they advance through southern France.

In 1944, physicist Joan Hinton joined the Manhattan Project and witnessed the first atomic bomb test, later questioning the moral cost of the weapon she helped create. Meanwhile, Frantz Fanon fought to liberate Alsace while enduring racism within the French army, causing him to doubt the cause he served. As World War II ended in Europe, Nazi loyalist Hedwig Höss fled from Soviet forces but was captured by the British and forced to choose between protecting her children or betraying her husband. The war concluded in the Pacific with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leaving the world—and Hinton—shaken by the devastation.

In 1947, Golda Meir sees her dream come true: the newly founded United Nations decides to partition Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state. However, the creation of Israel is to meet with strong resistance in the Arab world.

In 1952, Frantz Fanon became head physician at the largest psychiatric hospital in French Algeria. Shortly afterwards, the uprising for Algerian independence began. In Moscow, the death of Stalin in 1953 heralded a radical change in direction.