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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria/French

May 1945: Living and Civic Memory

Eighty-one years ago, the world celebrated victory over Nazism. In Algeria, however, May 8, 1945, remains etched in our national memory as a day of profound tragedy, a stark illustration of the brutal reality of French colonialism. While Europe rejoiced, the French colonial army unleashed a wave of violence upon Algerian civilians in Sรฉtif, Guelma, and Kherrata, simply for daring to demand their fโ€ฆ