The Évian Accords were signed 60 years ago, on March 18, 1962, officially ending the Algerian war. Sixty years later, the memory still remains a wound for all those who lived through this war.
Emmanuel Macron will preside over a ceremony tomorrow at the Élysée, with a concern ” appeasement “Memories and” hand held out to Algeria. It will bring together witnesses from all memories linked to the Algerian war: conscripts, independence fighters, harkis and repatriates. The eight years of war in Algeria have left lasting psychological and political scars in both French and Algerian societies. The explanations of Paul Max Morin, historian and researcher associated with Cevipof. Author of a book which has just been published by PUF editions, and entitled Young people and the Algerian war, a new generation facing its history.