Based on historian Tom Segev 's book of the same name , '' The Seventh Million '' explores the dilemma of Shoah survivors in finding a place in the newly established State of Israel . The film was initially considered too controversial to be aired on Israeli state television . Brunner collaborated with the historian to find images to accompany the text . He researched archives and propaganda footage . In reaction to Steven Spielberg 's '' Schindler 's List '' , Brunner resolved to make a movie which was descriptive rather than dramatic . The film shows how Holocaust survivors reacted to their treatment in Israeli society by hiding tattoos received in Nazi concentration camps and responding with depression and resentment . The title and narrative are meant to portray the lasting effects of the Holocaust on modern Israeli life
Shoah
The Holocaust
Benny Brunner