Algerian resistance fighters wrote heartfelt letters house within the Fifties. Few arrived however many remained unseen, till now.
Algeria lived beneath French colonial rule for 132 years, from 1830 to 1962. Letters and correspondence offered proof of Algeria’s lengthy battle to finish French colonial rule within the Fifties. They enabled resistance fighters to ship information to their households again house. Additionally, they supplied a method for Algeria’s nationalist political social gathering, the FLN or Nationwide Liberation Entrance, to speak secretly with its folks on the bottom.
In 2011, historian Malika El Korso found a handwritten letter in a French archive. In it, written by 19-year-old Hassiba Ben Bouali whereas she was within the Algerian resistance, the younger fighter expresses her love for her household, her unyielding dedication to free her homeland and the ache of separation from her household. Three weeks later, Hassiba was killed within the Battle of Algiers.
A soldier, Colonel Lotfi, despatched a farewell letter to his spouse two weeks earlier than he was killed in a fierce battle and Ahmed Zabana wrote to his mother and father just a few hours earlier than he was executed by guillotine.
The movie Letters of Love, Letters of Conflict uncovers long-hidden secrets and techniques and transferring private testimonies of women and men who fought for Algerian independence within the Fifties.