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Heute vor 61 Jahren, am 17. Oktober 1961, kommt es in #Paris zu einer unfassbaren #Tragödie, die als "Massaker von Paris" in die #Geschichte eingehen wird, obwohl zunächst kaum jemand darüber spricht.

Ein 🧵über ein unglaubliches Verbrechen. 1/12
Vorgeschichte: schon seit 1954 tobt in #Algerien ein brutaler #Krieg, mit die Algerier sich ihre #Unabhängigkeit von #Frankreich erkämpfen wollen. Auch in Frankreich kommt es zu mitunter tödlichen Auseinandersetzungen. 2/12
In #Paris verfügt Polizeipräfekt Maurice #Papon am 05.10. eine nächtliche #Ausgangssperre für "alle muslimischen Franzosen algerischer Herkunft". Daraufhin ruft der französische Ableger der algerischen Unabhängigkeitsbewegung für den 17.10.1961 zu einer #Demonstration auf. 3/12
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After a peaceful pro-#independence demonstration in #Paris on #17October1961,up to 300 #Algerians were murdered by police. Historians described this #massacre as “the bloodiest act of state repression of street protest in western Europe in modern history”.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The most memorable – and vicious – #atrocities saw #policemen herding panicking crowds on to #Paris's bridges, where many were tossed into the #Seine. The river became a watery morgue for scores of victims, whose lifeless bodies were washing up for weeks. #17Octobre1961 #Algeria
Others died in #police stations, or in nearby woods, where their #mutilated bodies testified to truncheon and rifle-butt injuries. The officers had been incensed by an illegal protest by 30,000 men, women and children organised by the National #Liberation Front (FLN) of #Algeria.
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