Pacification en Algérie
Jan 01 2002
•2h 0m
•Documentary, War, Drama
Where does submission to authority end? Where does individual responsibility begin? Each person confronted with violence asks themselves these questions. Through the testimonies of conscripts but also of Algerian activists, a memory of this war is constructed. The atrocities of the Algerian war are known. However, conscripts were pressured not to speak out upon their return. General de Bollardière was punished for opposing torture. Guy Mollet, President of the Council, denied any shameful practice before Parliament…
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See allAhmed Ben Bella
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Si Azzedine
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Loic Collet
Self
Maurice Denoue
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