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Harkis - traitors or victims of the Algerian war? Reflection of the auxiliary units in the French army in Algeria after 1962
 Ondrová, Sára ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Matějka, Ondřej (referee)
This bachelor's thesis aims to describe the formation and evolution of auxiliary units in the French army, called harkas during the Algerian war. Moreover, it analyses the reflexion of members of the auxiliary units in Algeria after 1962, the year of independence in Algeria, until the present. The first chapter presents the origins of the auxiliary units and their development in the context of the Algerian war. The text underlines motivation of the Algerians for entering into the auxiliary units and practices used by the French army to perceive as many indigenous natives as possible to engage in the army. The chapter also describes the fates of members of auxiliary units at the end of the war and after the ceasefire. In the second part of the paper, the thesis describes the history of independent Algeria with a focus on the connection between the new regime and the army. Additionally, it also incorporates the fusion of the governing elite with the National Liberation Front which endures until present day. This chapter reflecting the development of the newborn Algerian Republic also examines the Algerian conception of history and its impact on image of former members of the auxiliary units in Algerian society. In the context of Algerian history the thesis describes the history of former harkis who...
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