Algeria 1943: A Colony Under Vichy Control
Directed by Stéphane Benhamou
Documentary
History
War20220h 53m7.5
Overview
World War II, June 1940. France has fallen and suffers the relentless boot of Nazi Germany. But Algeria, the prized French colony in North Africa, remains part of the territory controlled by the Vichy regime of Marshal Pétain. A strict colonial order is maintained: the French of European origin rule, while local Jews are stripped of French citizenship and discrimination against the mainly Muslim population increases.
