"We knew why we were fighting. This fight was first for Freedom. Let's never lose sight of that." On the basis of testimonies, and focusing on the history of a department at war, Dordogne, this film questions the memory of the years 1940-1944; inquiries expressed as pretexts for a debate on the commitment and struggles for freedom and democracy. Beyond the story of the liberation of this region, it is a reflection on resistance. What remains of the Resistance? Do the testimonies of its lost witnesses, its mark in national life persist?