For example, the Fernand Iveton affair

L'Harmattan, Paris, 1986, 159 pages - ISBN 978-2858027217

The first major work by Jean-Luc Einaudi, this book retraces the case of Fernand Iveton, a young Algerian communist militant guillotined on February 11, 1957, at Barberousse prison for a bomb attack that caused no casualties.

Prefaced by the historian Pierre Vidal-Naquet, this essay sheds light on the use of the death penalty as an instrument of terror during the Algerian War.

Einaudi demonstrates how Iveton was condemned "as an example," thus becoming the symbol of an implacable colonial repression. The author relies on testimonies, archival documents, and minutes to reconstruct this judicial tragedy.

The work raises fundamental questions about justice in times of war and the responsibility of the French state for capital executions during the Algerian conflict.

This meticulous investigation inaugurates Einaudi's work as a self-taught historian, marked by his commitment to historical truth and the recognition of crimes committed during the Algerian War.

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Grave of Fernand Iveton
at Saint-Eugène cemetery in Algiers

Photos by Samia Arhab "Mon Algérie à moi"