Nicolas Tikhomiroff In the Casbah district, a sticker saying "le FLN ment", (the FLN is telling lies) and another indicates "Hier, aujourd'hui, demain, oui à la France" (yesterday, today, and tomorrow, yes for France) (...)
asking citizens to vote to remain part of France rather than an Algerian Republic. Algiers, Algeria. 1960. © Nicolas Tikhomiroff | Magnum Photos
Nicolas Tikhomiroff The Algerian War. The conflict with France and Algeria has lasted for 6 years, splitting the French Colonial powers who wanted to retain an "Algerie Francaise" and the local population led by the r (...)
ebel FLN (National Liberation Front) who demanded independence. The country was on the brink of an Algerian Republic. France's President General de Gaulle visited Algeria to discuss the matters locally and with French military advisors.
This is the farm of a French Colonial owner at Nonancourt that had recently been attacked by FLN rebels, a French army patrol checks the papers of the local Arab population to try and find suspects. Algeria. December, 1960. © Nicolas Tikhomiroff | Magnum Photos
Nicolas Tikhomiroff SAS village of El Isri. Self defense is one of the cardinal elements of the SAS villages. The army gives them guns and teaches them their use. At night one of the villagers makes the rounds of the (...)
town to stand guard.
SAS is a volunteers'organization to help natives: For a number of years, volunteer officers in the French army have been doing social work where it was most needed in small villages. They advise the natives on how to protect themselves against FLN attacks, later branched out to build schools and hospitals, distribute clothing and food. Lately they have been evacuating isolated villages which were unable to protect themselves against FLN attacks and have put them into larger, more central towns, providing shelter and work for them. © Nicolas Tikhomiroff | Magnum Photos
Nicolas Tikhomiroff The Algerian War. The conflict with France and Algeria has lasted for 6 years, splitting the French Colonial powers who wanted to retain an "Algerie Francaise" and the local population led by the r (...)
ebel FLN (National Liberation Front) who demanded independence. The country was on the brink of an Algerian Republic. France's President General de Gaulle visited Algeria to discuss the matters locally and with French military advisors.
"Mobile Guard" units and soldiers patrol the streets and check all buildings for suspects. Algiers, Algeria. December, 1960. © Nicolas Tikhomiroff | Magnum Photos