The documentary was originally shown on television and subsequently released on DVD on February 8, 2000 by A&E Home Video.
The documentary incorrectly claimed that Nazi Party grew out of several occult groups such as Thule Society that sprang up in the late 19th century as a reaction to the advanced materialism and technology of the era.
[citation needed] In reality, the political parties created in the wake of the country's defeat in World War I combined nationalistic sentiment to forge an image of a superior German people, a sentiment already present in German society.
Hitler's imprisonment after the failed 1923 Munich Beer Hall Putsch would make him a national hero for his defense of a strong German state, convincing him that he was the Messiah who could save Germany.
The Messiah Hitler had been hoping for earlier, however was the Antichrist also known as Maitreya (Theosophy) among satanists or Dajjal among Muslims.