The end of the french colonial empire : Morocco and ALgeria
Fatima Touzani, Charley Prieur, Abdelkrim Younes
more about the context
Fatima Touzani
1963
1954
1950
1956
1936
1947
WWII
1939
1945
Algerian War
1965
1962
1954
1961
Charley Prieur
Abdelkrim Younes
The wedding
Abdelkrim got engaged with Saadia Bekkouche the 8th of august in 1958. A year after, they got married, the 20th of september in 1959 in Sidi Bel Abbès. They both were 20 years old. Officially, they were married the 8th of august of 1958, but they did the wedding the 20th of september of 1959. The French sub-prefect and a lot of people of the French high-class were there.
Abdelkrim and his wife the day of their wedding
Demonstration for the independance in Paris
Abdelkrim was there, but he was lucky. Before throwing him, the soldier took a look at his identity card. At that time, the job was written on it. So when the soldier read that he was a teacher, he let him go because his daughter was a teacher too. He told him to run away to Algeria immediatly. His job literally saved him.
His life in France
When he came back from war, my grandfather moved in Meslon a very little city in the center of France. His sister made him meet Maryse Camillieri who became his wife the 12th of july 1965. And together they had 4 children.At first, his life in france wasn't that easy becaus since he was from Algeria, him and his family were considered as " Pied-Noir". However French people at this time were racist against them and rejected them.
The wedding
In 1950, Fatima married my great-grandphater, Ben Issa. She was then 14. After the wedding, she resumed working in a farm. At that time, farms were under the control of French soldiers, who were using Morrocans civilians as workers. French were stealing every bits of food, causing many Morrocans to die of hunger. Plus, the lack of property due to poverty led French soldiers to spray chemicals on civilians, causing many death.
Fatima and her husband (many years after their wedding)
His youth in Sidi Bel Abbès
During his youth, despite of the fact that Algeria was colonized by the French, he lived in harmony with other people. Some of his neighbors were of course, Algerian, but also French or even Spanish. At this time, there wasn't any racism between them. Nevertheless, when the war started years after, some of these French people betrayed him.
The war, lived by Fatima
Fatima was working in a farm controlled by French soldier during the war. People around her had their own way of resisiting : as an example, they were hiding weapons inside traditional bread or in baby clothing ; they were spies, and even a legend about a ghost (which was in reality a woman) appearing during nights and killing French soldiers. Fatima was a sort of spy : when she was working in the French's house, she took that opportunity to listen to them and tell the Morrocans nationalist about their plans, and because she was still young, French didn't really suspect her.
Fatima Touzani
The decolonization
In 1961, when he was 22, he had to move to France with a part of his family because of the decolonization of Algeria. Wich means that every family that came from France when Algeria was colonized, had to go back to France.My grandfather family was at the origin French so they had to leave everything and take a boat to leave the country
Algerian war
Charley was not in France for a long time at first because in 1962, he had to back to Algeria to fight in the war. He was young and it was a hard time for him since he fought a lot in the dessert
Quick explanation about the French's colonisation in Algeria and Morroco : Algeria was conquered by France in 1830, but the many form of resistance caused that conquest to end only in 1920. The existing government in Algeria was replaced by the French one : Algeria became a part of France, as in any other region of France is, thus it was called "French Algeria". Morroco wasn't a region of France like Algeria, but it was under a French's protectorate : it means that the existing government is still here (in that case, the King of Morroco was still in charge of its country) but it is strongly influenced by the French government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria
If you want to know more about that topic :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_protectorate_in_Morocco
His life during the war
During the war, Abdelkrim and his family (wife, children and parents) were always running away from the "Pieds noirs". They were in an organisation named SO (Secret Organisation of the army) They wanted to kill all the educated people (he was a teacher) There were a lot of times when they almost died. One day, they came until his house and came in by the roof. Fortunately, he wasn't home at this moment, so they didn't find him. Even if he survived, it was really difficult to spend 7 years runnning away.
His childhood
Charley Prieur was born in Aumale in the north of Algeria. He was born on the 9th of september 1939 however as the hospital administration was too busy and overwhelmed, he was registered as born on the 12th.
My grandfather grew up surrounded by his 4 sisters in a warm family .
Date of birth
Abdelkrim Younes was born on the 22nd of october in 1939. It was in Sidi Bel Abbès, a little city in the North of Algeria next to Oran.
After the war
Fatima and her husband had 5 children : Latifa (my grandmother), Aicha, Atman, Hassan and Samira. In 1963, her husband obtained officials documents to go to work in Netherlands, so he was home, in Morroco, only from time to time ; he died in 2012. Fatima is still alive today, and she still live in El Hajeb.
The birth of Fatima Touzani
Fatima Touzani was born in 1936, in the Rif (those are Morrocans mountain). She moved to the city of El Hajeb a year and a half later, and worked in farm until her wedding at 14. She didn't get to go to shcool, because at that time, Morrocans women rarely had access to education : so she doesn't know how to read or write.
A map of Morroco
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The end of the french colonial empire : Morocco and ALgeria
Fatima Touzani, Charley Prieur, Abdelkrim Younes
more about the context
Fatima Touzani
1963
1954
1950
1956
1936
1947
WWII
1939
1945
Algerian War
1965
1962
1954
1961
Charley Prieur
Abdelkrim Younes
The wedding
Abdelkrim got engaged with Saadia Bekkouche the 8th of august in 1958. A year after, they got married, the 20th of september in 1959 in Sidi Bel Abbès. They both were 20 years old. Officially, they were married the 8th of august of 1958, but they did the wedding the 20th of september of 1959. The French sub-prefect and a lot of people of the French high-class were there.
Abdelkrim and his wife the day of their wedding
Demonstration for the independance in Paris
Abdelkrim was there, but he was lucky. Before throwing him, the soldier took a look at his identity card. At that time, the job was written on it. So when the soldier read that he was a teacher, he let him go because his daughter was a teacher too. He told him to run away to Algeria immediatly. His job literally saved him.
His life in France
When he came back from war, my grandfather moved in Meslon a very little city in the center of France. His sister made him meet Maryse Camillieri who became his wife the 12th of july 1965. And together they had 4 children.At first, his life in france wasn't that easy becaus since he was from Algeria, him and his family were considered as " Pied-Noir". However French people at this time were racist against them and rejected them.
The wedding
In 1950, Fatima married my great-grandphater, Ben Issa. She was then 14. After the wedding, she resumed working in a farm. At that time, farms were under the control of French soldiers, who were using Morrocans civilians as workers. French were stealing every bits of food, causing many Morrocans to die of hunger. Plus, the lack of property due to poverty led French soldiers to spray chemicals on civilians, causing many death.
Fatima and her husband (many years after their wedding)
His youth in Sidi Bel Abbès
During his youth, despite of the fact that Algeria was colonized by the French, he lived in harmony with other people. Some of his neighbors were of course, Algerian, but also French or even Spanish. At this time, there wasn't any racism between them. Nevertheless, when the war started years after, some of these French people betrayed him.
The war, lived by Fatima
Fatima was working in a farm controlled by French soldier during the war. People around her had their own way of resisiting : as an example, they were hiding weapons inside traditional bread or in baby clothing ; they were spies, and even a legend about a ghost (which was in reality a woman) appearing during nights and killing French soldiers. Fatima was a sort of spy : when she was working in the French's house, she took that opportunity to listen to them and tell the Morrocans nationalist about their plans, and because she was still young, French didn't really suspect her.
Fatima Touzani
The decolonization
In 1961, when he was 22, he had to move to France with a part of his family because of the decolonization of Algeria. Wich means that every family that came from France when Algeria was colonized, had to go back to France.My grandfather family was at the origin French so they had to leave everything and take a boat to leave the country
Algerian war
Charley was not in France for a long time at first because in 1962, he had to back to Algeria to fight in the war. He was young and it was a hard time for him since he fought a lot in the dessert
Quick explanation about the French's colonisation in Algeria and Morroco : Algeria was conquered by France in 1830, but the many form of resistance caused that conquest to end only in 1920. The existing government in Algeria was replaced by the French one : Algeria became a part of France, as in any other region of France is, thus it was called "French Algeria". Morroco wasn't a region of France like Algeria, but it was under a French's protectorate : it means that the existing government is still here (in that case, the King of Morroco was still in charge of its country) but it is strongly influenced by the French government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria
If you want to know more about that topic :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_protectorate_in_Morocco
His life during the war
During the war, Abdelkrim and his family (wife, children and parents) were always running away from the "Pieds noirs". They were in an organisation named SO (Secret Organisation of the army) They wanted to kill all the educated people (he was a teacher) There were a lot of times when they almost died. One day, they came until his house and came in by the roof. Fortunately, he wasn't home at this moment, so they didn't find him. Even if he survived, it was really difficult to spend 7 years runnning away.
His childhood
Charley Prieur was born in Aumale in the north of Algeria. He was born on the 9th of september 1939 however as the hospital administration was too busy and overwhelmed, he was registered as born on the 12th.
My grandfather grew up surrounded by his 4 sisters in a warm family .
Date of birth
Abdelkrim Younes was born on the 22nd of october in 1939. It was in Sidi Bel Abbès, a little city in the North of Algeria next to Oran.
After the war
Fatima and her husband had 5 children : Latifa (my grandmother), Aicha, Atman, Hassan and Samira. In 1963, her husband obtained officials documents to go to work in Netherlands, so he was home, in Morroco, only from time to time ; he died in 2012. Fatima is still alive today, and she still live in El Hajeb.
The birth of Fatima Touzani
Fatima Touzani was born in 1936, in the Rif (those are Morrocans mountain). She moved to the city of El Hajeb a year and a half later, and worked in farm until her wedding at 14. She didn't get to go to shcool, because at that time, Morrocans women rarely had access to education : so she doesn't know how to read or write.
A map of Morroco