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Lourdes Ceremony Marks France’s National Day Honoring Harkis

A ministerial message at the ceremony called for renewed respect for the harkis’ legacy.

La cérémonie commémorative de la journée Nationale d’hommage aux harkis s’est déroulée au square de la Médaille militaire. DDM C. B.
Samatan a honoré la mémoire des Harkis.DDM J.-J. P.
Le maire honoraire de Cadenet, Fat Lakéhal et Mohamed Sanhadji lors de la cérémonie d'hommage.

Overview

  • France observes a national day of homage to harkis and other auxiliaries each year on 25 September.
  • The latest commemoration in Lourdes took place at the square de la Médaille militaire with local officials, police representatives and patriotic associations present.
  • A message from Patricia Miralles, the minister in charge of memory and veterans, was read, praising service to France and asserting that harki memory is “an homage to the best part of France.”
  • André Ladjini, identified as a son of harkis and the departmental president of veterans and war victims, delivered a tribute to his parents.
  • Official records note more than 160,000 harkis engaged during the Algerian War, and nearly 80,000 were received in metropolitan France in 1962 after fleeing FLN reprisals.