This work sheds light on the storming of the communists' hideout in Øystre Slidre in June 1944, an event that has remained unknown to many. Through a "hearing" that never took place, "Operation Almenrausch" gives voice to those who were silenced due to their political beliefs in the cold climate of the post-war years.

Operation Almenrausch was the codename for the largest raid against the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II – the storming of the communists' quarters at Buahaugen in Øystre Slidre in June 1944, an action that has not been commonly known among Norwegians.

"Operation Almenrausch" is created as an audiovisual "hearing" – the hearing that was never conducted for these individuals who, due to their political stance, were silenced during the Cold War. Central to the "hearing" are Samuel Titlestad (AUF – later NKP, from Fana), Olaug Karlsen (later Titlestad), communist leader and furniture maker Peder Furubotn (from Bergen).

The hearing documents the resistance fight that these people, based on Peder Furubotn's political line, led before and during the war – an effort for which they received little honor or recognition afterward. Tore Vagn Lid's Almenrausch has been developed in several versions for both stage and radio theater. The work received the Heddaprisen for Event of the Year in 2009 and was also nominated for the Ibsen Prize for best drama. The radio play Almenrausch – a radio hearing (NRK Radioteatret, 2011) received the Blå Fugl prize for best Norwegian radio play and was also nominated for the Prix Europa.