There is a will to hide devastating facts about the brutal French colonialism in Algeria

French historian Benjamin Stora said that the issue of relations between Algeria and Paris is caused by the failure to inform public opinion in France of the truth about what happened during the French colonial era in Algeria, which made wide circles of French supporters of the extreme right believe that the Algerian demand for an apology constitutes targeting the glory of France.

This belief can be seen in the reaction of some French people to the statements of historian and journalist Jean-Michel Abate, who said that the French occupation army committed hundreds of massacres in Algeria, such as the “Oradour-sur-Glane” massacre, which was committed against French people by the army of Nazi Germany in World War II, according to a press interview with the French platform “Politi”.

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