It was produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg Trials for Hermann Göring and twenty other Nazi leaders.
The Nazi Plan was shown as evidence at the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg on December 11, 1945.
It was compiled by Budd Schulberg and other military personnel, under the supervision of Navy Commander James B. Donovan.
"[2] "In the course of this work, Budd Schulberg apprehended Leni Riefenstahl at her country home in Kitzbühl, Austria, as a material witness, and took her to the Nuremberg editing room, so she could help Budd identify Nazi figures in her films and in other German film material his unit had captured.
"[3] The film is divided into four parts: The effect and context of the film, specifically Goering's presence within the Nuremberg Trials, was discussed in episode 1, entitled "On the Desperate Edge of Now", of the 1995 BBC series The Living Dead written and directed by Adam Curtis.