1943 (July), Bayreuth, Germany. A performance of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" (by Richard Wagner) in Bayreuth, Germany. German military officers mingle with civilian opera patrons entering the Opera House. One of the officers is SS General Friedrich Jeckeln, , just before the the close-up of the opera program. A program for the performance is shown. Shots of the performance: The final scenes of the Act are shown and the curtain closes.