Saint-Denis in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Sétif, Guelma and Kherrata Massacres Memorial
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 17, 2024
1. Sétif, Guelma and Kherrata Massacres Memorial Marker
des milliers de victimes
de la répression coloniale
perpétrée en Algérie à
Sétif, Guelma et Kherrata
le 8 mai 1945
In memory of the thousands of victims of the colonial repression perpetrated in Algeria at Sétif, Guelma and Kherrata on May 8th, 1945.
Erected 2021 by Municipalité de Saint-Denis.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, Non-US.
Location. 48° 56.373′ N, 2° 21.369′ E. Marker is in Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, in Seine-Saint-Denis. Memorial is on Place du 8 Mai 1945, on the right when traveling north. The memorial is mounted to the outside of the parking access structure on the east side of the plaza. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Place du 8 Mai 1945, Saint-Denis, Île-de-France 93200, France. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Paul Ferard (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Le théâtre Gérard Philipe (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); L’église Neuve / The New Church
this page online
Also see . . .
1. Sétif and Guelma massacre. Wikipedia entry:
Overview: The Sétif and Guelma massacre (also called the Sétif, Guelma and Kherrata massacres or the massacres of 8 May 1945) was a series of attacks by French colonial authorities and pied-noir European settler militias on Algerian civilians in 1945 around the market town of Sétif, west of Constantine, in French Algeria. In response to French police firing on demonstrators at a protest on 8 May 1945, riots in the town were followed by attacks on French settlers (colons) in the surrounding countryside, resulting in 102 deaths. The French colonial authorities and European settlers retaliated by killing between 6,000 and 30,000 Muslims in the region. Both the outbreak and the indiscriminate(Submitted on April 17, 2024.)nature of its retaliation marked a turning point in Franco-Algerian relations, leading to the Algerian War of 1954–1962.Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 17, 20242. Sétif, Guelma and Kherrata Massacres Memorial - wide view
2. Massacres du 8 mai 1945: un crime contre l'humanité toujours impuni (Algerie Press Service).
Excerpt (in translation from French): ALGIERS - 77 years ago, while France was celebrating the victory of the Allies against Nazism, its army massacred, in Sétif, Guelma and Kherrata as well as other towns, thousands of Algerians who came out to demonstrate for a free and independent Algeria, a crime against humanity which still remains unpunished.(Submitted on April 17, 2024.)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 54 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 17, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
