Historians want to “valorize” the graves of Algerians who died in France at the start of colonization. Many Algerians were interned by France, which thus sought “to establish its colonial power,” said historian Benjamin Stora.
Many insurgents were imprisoned in prisons in Cayenne (Guyana) or on the island of Sainte-Marguerite, off the coast of Cannes. The joint commission, created in 2022 by French Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has the task of working on the history of contemporary Algeria.