French calls to prevent the making of a statue of a general who committed war crimes in Algeria. Two French historians signed a special appeal to refuse the erection of a special statue of General Marcial Bigard in his home city of Toul.
Bigard invented new methods to torture the mujahideen of the Algerian liberation revolution, such as “Bigard’s shrimp,” when cement blocks were placed on the legs of the person concerned, left to dry, and then thrown into the sea.