Robert BARRAT, COLLECTIF
Documents nouveaux sur la torture - L'affaire des enseignants d'Alger
Comité de défense des enseignants|Paris 1958|13.50 x 20.70 cm|agrafé
Rare first edition printed at the initiative of Catholic journalist and anti-colonialist activist Robert Barrat and under the aegis of the Teachers' Defense Committee.
Covers slightly and marginally shaded.
This pamphlet consists of a review of the 16 complaints filed by anti-colonialist activists and militants, of European origin and mostly communist, who were arrested, detained and then tortured by French soldiers.
These complaints name the torturers and specify their techniques while evoking the death of Djeghri Omar, known as Simon, following the abuse inflicted upon him.
This booklet concludes with a collective letter sent to the highest French judicial authorities and signed by 11 female and male prisoners of Algiers civil prison recounting the violence experienced by Janine Belkhodja, Chafika Meslem, Eliane Gautheron, Fatima Benosman, Zahia Orif, Denise Walbert, Khene and Nelly Forget. The latter were incarcerated in the so-called "progressive Christians" affair, between February and March 1957, with certain soldiers primarily targeting the Social Centers created by Germaine Tillion to help the slum dwellers of Algiers.
Covers slightly and marginally shaded.
This pamphlet consists of a review of the 16 complaints filed by anti-colonialist activists and militants, of European origin and mostly communist, who were arrested, detained and then tortured by French soldiers.
These complaints name the torturers and specify their techniques while evoking the death of Djeghri Omar, known as Simon, following the abuse inflicted upon him.
This booklet concludes with a collective letter sent to the highest French judicial authorities and signed by 11 female and male prisoners of Algiers civil prison recounting the violence experienced by Janine Belkhodja, Chafika Meslem, Eliane Gautheron, Fatima Benosman, Zahia Orif, Denise Walbert, Khene and Nelly Forget. The latter were incarcerated in the so-called "progressive Christians" affair, between February and March 1957, with certain soldiers primarily targeting the Social Centers created by Germaine Tillion to help the slum dwellers of Algiers.
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