The Elysée disclosed the makeup of this committee on the French side and noted that the commission of French and Algerian historians formed to study French colonialism and the war in Algeria held its first meeting on Wednesday.
The Article identified the five French scholars as Benjamin Stora (also a co-president of the commission), Florence Hudowitz (curator at MUCEM), Jacques Frémeaux, a university professor, Jean-Jacques Jordi, and Tramor Quemeneur, both historians and university instructors.
The message read, “This commission convened its first meeting today, Wednesday, April 19.”
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The creation of this ten-member body was announced last August in Algiers by French Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. It is a question of “working on the history of contemporary Algeria, to better understand each other and reconcile the wounded memories”, recalls the press release.
This independent commission “will first work on the origins of French colonization in Algeria, in the 19th century, by drawing up an inventory of the archives deposited in France and Algeria, and which deal particularly with the colonial conquest”, specifies the press release.
Other subjects can then be discussed concerning “the period of the 20th century, in particular, the sequence of war and decolonization” , adds the Elysée.
