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Algeria 1943: A Colony Under Vichy Control

Algeria 1943: A Colony Under Vichy Control

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 11, 2022

Runtime

0h 53m

Genres

Documentary, History, War

User Score

70%

Original Title

L'Algérie sous Vichy

Production Companies

ARTE, Siècle Productions

Director

Stéphane Benhamou

Description

World War II, June 1940. France has fallen and suffers the relentless boot of Nazi Germany. But Algeria, the prized French colony in North Africa, remains part of the territory controlled by the Vichy regime of Marshal Pétain. A strict colonial order is maintained: the French of European origin rule, while local Jews are stripped of French citizenship and discrimination against the mainly Muslim population increases.