The daz­zling series of events and amaz­ing cast of char­ac­ters that com­prised the simul­ta­ne­ous rise of Hitler’s Third Reich and FDR’s New Deal in 1932, thus set­ting the stage for World War II. Dur­ing that year, two Depres­sion-bat­tered and hum­bled nations con­front­ed destiny.