The documentary points to the fact that while the Jews were being slaughtered, America refused to fully recognize the horror, but, as soon as the war was over, the nation was ready to address the inhumanity. "Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die" shows clips from a disturbing American propaganda film, "Death Mills", which was intended to educate the German people about the crimes of the Nazi regime. Black-and-white footage shows Nazi concentration camps after their liberation. Emaciated bodies, still alive but with no chance of survival, lie motionless on the open fields. When the crematorium door is opened, showing the skulls inside, the narrator demands, "Don't turn away! Look!" Once the evil had been committed and nothing could be done to change the awful reality, the public was ready to be shocked and horrified.