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The Harkis: The Wound That Never Heals

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In this haunting chronicle of betrayal and abandonment, ostracism and exile, racism and humiliation, Vincent Crapanzano examines the tale of the Harkis, the quarter of one million Algerian auxiliary troops who fought for the French in Algeria’s war of independence. After tens of thousands of Harkis were massacred by other Algerians on the end of the war, the survivors fled to France where they were placed in camps, some for so long as sixteen years. Condemned as traitors by other Algerians and scorned by the French, the Harkis was a population apart, and their children still be afflicted by their parents’ wounds. Many have change into activists, lobbying for recognition in their parents’ sacrifices, compensation, and an apology.

More than only a retelling of the Harkis’ grim past and troubling present, The Harkis is a resonant reflection on how children bear responsibility for the choices their parents make, how personal identity is shaped by the impersonal forces of history, and how violence insinuates itself into each facet of human life.

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