Abdelkader Guerroudj
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Abdelkader Guerroudj, an Algerian, and his French wife, Jacqueline Guerroudj
, were condemned to death in December 1957 as accomplices of Fernand Iveton
, the only European who was guillotined for his part in the Algerian revolt. As a result of a high profile campaign in France, where the issue was called L'Affaire Guerroudj, neither was executed.
Guerroudj was a political officer of the Algerian Communist Party
who liaised between the Communist Combattants de la Libération
and the FLN
.
His stepdaughter, Danièle Minne
, was sentenced, on 4 December 1957, to 7 years in prison for her part in the revolt.
A declaration made by Guerroudj to the court is sometimes cited as showing that some pro-independence Algerian activists nevertheless hoped for close relations with France after independence:
"I am sure that we will need material, technicians, doctors and professors to construct our country; it is to France which we address ourselves first. I believe that would be in the true interest of both of our countries. It is not in the interest of France to have valets ready at every moment here to run to the call of the most powerful master, but friends who have freely consented to this friendship."
Jacqueline Netter-Minne-Guerroudj
Jacqueline Netter-Minne-Guerroudj was a Frenchwoman condemned to death as an accomplice ofFernand Iveton during the Algerian War.She was never executed, partly due to a campaign on her behalf conducted by Simone de Beauvoir....
, were condemned to death in December 1957 as accomplices of Fernand Iveton
Fernand Yveton
Fernand Iveton was the only pied noir among the 198 supporters of the FLN who were executed during the war in Algeria.Iveton was born in 1926 in Algiers to a Spanish mother and a French father...
, the only European who was guillotined for his part in the Algerian revolt. As a result of a high profile campaign in France, where the issue was called L'Affaire Guerroudj, neither was executed.
Guerroudj was a political officer of the Algerian Communist Party
Algerian Communist Party
The Algerian Communist Party was a communist party in Algeria. The PCA emerged in 1920 as an extension the French Communist Party and eventually became a separate entity in 1936 ....
who liaised between the Communist Combattants de la Libération
Combattants de la Libération
Les Combattants de la Libération , also known as Le Maquis Rouge, were a guerrilla group established by theAlgerian Communist Party after the outbreak of the Algerian War of Independence....
and the FLN
National Liberation Front (Algeria)
The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...
.
His stepdaughter, Danièle Minne
Danièle Djamila Amrane-Minne
See also article about Djamila BouhiredDanièle Minne was one of the few European girls convicted for assisting the FLN during the Algerian War...
, was sentenced, on 4 December 1957, to 7 years in prison for her part in the revolt.
A declaration made by Guerroudj to the court is sometimes cited as showing that some pro-independence Algerian activists nevertheless hoped for close relations with France after independence:
"I am sure that we will need material, technicians, doctors and professors to construct our country; it is to France which we address ourselves first. I believe that would be in the true interest of both of our countries. It is not in the interest of France to have valets ready at every moment here to run to the call of the most powerful master, but friends who have freely consented to this friendship."