Documentary about the American radio station AFN (American Forces Network), which was founded in 1943 to accompany the American troops in Western Central Europe. In the post-war period, it stood for the American way of life like almost no other station, wherever it could be received.

Documentary film about the extraordinary life story of the Protestant theologian Martin Niemöller. The film links Niemöller's biography with the development of Germany during the 20th century.

When it became known in Neckarsulm in 1975 that the VW Group wanted to shut down its Neckarsulm plant, which would have meant unemployment for more than 20,000 people, the workers took up arms. The documentary depicts the workers' struggle to keep their jobs from a trade union perspective.