
Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.

Freddy Buache
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André Gazut
Self

Diego Masson
Self
Nils Andersson
Self
Jacques Baynac
Self
Anita Bernard
Self
André Bernard
Self
Claude Garino
Self
Jean-Claude Girardin
Self
Claude Glayman
Self
Lillis Kielland
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Pierre Leray
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The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
Hezbollah: The Chronicle of a Return
Hezbollah: The Chronicle of a Return

Woman of Courage - Louisa Ighilahriz
Woman of Courage - Louisa Ighilahriz

François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie
François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie

Color-Blind
Color-Blind

L'Arc-en-ciel éclaté
L'Arc-en-ciel éclaté

Amour de vivre
Amour de vivre

Algériennes, Trente ans après
Algériennes, Trente ans après

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

Stay In Algeria
Stay In Algeria

Algeria in Flames
Algeria in Flames

Oversand
Oversand