The Algerian memory of Benjamin Stora

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Benjamin Stora in 1970 in Nanterre. Born in 1950 in Constantine, it was his political commitment that led him to take an interest in the Algerian war. Personal archives of Benjamin Stora

By: Valérie Nivelon

How to exist outside of your community? How to overcome the tragedy of war and exile? How to combine the two shores of the Mediterranean and rediscover your own memory when you spent your life as a French historian working on the Algerian war… So many questions raised by the publication of an anthology of the works of Benjamin Stora. The great historian receives us at his home and offers us the keys found in his Algerian memory.

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On October 2, 1951 on the Place de la Brèche in Constantine, Benjamin Stora (on the left) with his parents and his sister. Personal archives of Benjamin Stora

To read : 
An Algerian memory of Benjamin Stora, a collection of six works by Robert Laffont editions

To consult :
The site of Benjamin Stora, historian, university professor.

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