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L'ordre Français : 17 Octobre 1961

L'ordre Français : 17 Octobre 1961

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2013

Runtime

0h 48m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

100%

Original Title

L'ordre Français : 17 Octobre 1961

Production Companies

Blue Méridien Créations

Director

Jean-Jacques Beryl

Description

“In Algeria, we are restoring order, what we mean by French order,” declared Michel Debré, Prime Minister, under the presidency of Charles De Gaulle, in April 1956. It was, of course, order colonial in defiance of the republican order, in Algeria as in Paris where, on October 17, 1961, Algerians flocking from suburban slums were massacred by the police of prefect Maurice Papon, while they were peacefully marching for the independence of their country. On October 17, 2001, a commemorative plaque was placed in Paris on the Saint-Michel bridge: "In memory of the many Algerians killed during the bloody repression of the peaceful demonstration of October 17, 1961." A surge of racial hatred, less than 20 years after the roundup of the Jews in July 1942. An Algerian, victim of this roundup, told us, holding back his tears, "I still have nightmares."