The return of the 'pieds-noirs' (1962)

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On 1 July 1962, as the Algerian people vote in favour of their country's independence in a referendum, thousands of ‘pieds-noirs' — French settlers in Algeria — return to France.

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Source: Retour des rapatriés d'Algérie. Keystone. 1962. n°63737.

Copyright: (c) Keystone
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The return of the 'pieds-noirs' (1962)