In 2011, Adolf Hitler wakes up in a vacant lot in Berlin which appears to be the location of the garden outside the bunker where his body was burnt, with no knowledge of anything that happened following his death in 1945.

Homeless and destitute, he interprets everything he sees and experiences in 2011 from a Nazi perspective—for instance, he assumes that Turks in Germany are an indicator of Karl Dönitz having persuaded Turkey to join the Axis, and thinks that Wikipedia is named for Wikinger ("Vikings").

[2] A feature film premiered in Germany on 8 October, 2015, starring Oliver Masucci as Hitler and directed by David Wnendt [de].

"[10] In Süddeutsche Zeitung, Cornelia Fiedler posited that the book's success may be due less to its literary merits and more to the fact that its protagonist is Hitler.

[11][12] In The Sydney Morning Herald, reviewer Jason Steger interviewed the author, who believed that the way Hitler is seen today "is one that hasn't too much to do with the real one."