When Alain Resnais finished his documentary, with it's depiction of Nazi atrocities, the resistance of the French censors was fierce. An engrossing account of the genesis, production, and legacy of this incomparable film, the book documents in extraordinary detail how a film that began as a cinematic spin-off of an educational exhibition on 'resistance, liberation, and deportation' went on to become a significant step in the building of a collective consciousness of the tragedy of World War II.