Remains of resistance fighters returned to Algeria

Name: Remains of resistance fighters returned to Algeria
Uploaded: 2020-07-02T23:23:40+00:00
Duration: 2 min 18 s
Description: Algerian resistance fighters beheaded by French forces in the 19th century were denied a proper burial for almost two centuries, and their skulls kept in a museum. But no longer: the skulls will be flown back home on Thursday via Algerian military airplane, after France agreed to let them go.

Issued on: 03/07/2020 - 01:23

Video by: Camille NEDELEC

Algerian resistance fighters beheaded by French forces in the 19th century were denied a proper burial for almost two centuries, and their skulls kept in a museum. But no longer: the skulls will be flown back home on Thursday via Algerian military airplane, after France agreed to let them go.