The life of a politically active historian, a specialist in Russian culture and cinema, and a member of the Resistance. And a book about Algeria at the end of the War for Independence as well.

Marc Ferro (1924-2021) was both one of the leading figures in French historiography in the second half of the 20th century and one of the most popular historians among the general public. He was a specialist in Russian history, but also a pioneer in the history of cinema, with an innovative approach to images as historical sources. This volume reconstructs key moments from his life and his career as a researcher--the Resistance in the 1940s and his time as a teacher in Algeria--offering his reflections on colonization, the role of historians, and the laws of memory.