[Infographic] The Arrests of October 17, 1961
On October 17, 1961, in addition to the massacre carried out on the streets of Paris, the Prefecture of Police planned the imprisonment of at least 11,538 and perhaps as many as 12,520 people of...
View ArticleOctober 17, 1961: France’s Shameful Day
“]In the Paris metro on October 17, 1961 / Copyright Elie Kagan/BDIC October 17, 1961: in Paris dead bodies flow along the Seine, at least 200 that night. Reading the documents and memos of the Paris...
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October 17, 1961/ Photo copyright Elie Kagan/BDIC The events that preceded the demonstration of October 17 and the roundup of nearly 12,000 Algerians form a taboo chapter in the history of France. Yet...
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