Memorial Victims Demonstration 8 February 1962
On 8 February 1962 there was a demonstration against the Algerian war. Police violence there created panic and people were trying to flee en masse to the Metro station Charonne. In the rush and panic, nine people were killed.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Gérard Ducher
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