Oran, July 5, 1962: It has been three and a half months since the Evian Agreement ended the conflict. Among Pieds-noirs is the save who can. Because the violence against them did not stop with the ceasefire. On the contrary, they accelerated dangerously.
“State silence. European Civilian Disappearances of the Algerian War” (SOTECA Publications, 2012), historian Jean-Jacques Jordy reports: From March 19, 1962 to April 30, 1963, the French Embassy in Algeria recorded 3,093 disappearances (abductions or arrests), of which 306 people were killed, 969 were found alive, and 1,818 were missing.. Oranie did not escape this purge, organized by the FLN (National Liberation Front) and the ALN (National Liberation Army), its military component.
Orders from Paris
The 100,000 Europeans in Oran on July 5 (ships and planes under attack, not all could leave) therefore fear the worst. That’s right. Independence…
Source: Le Figaro
