French colonial repression during the massacres of May 08, 1945 AD - The crimes of European militias in Guelma region as a model-

Abstract

The Algerian historical memory preserves the date of the eighth of May 1945 in the city of Guelma and its vicinity due to the magnitude and atrocity of the crimes committed against the unarmed people of Guelma by the French administration, with the help of the European militias that were formed to defend the settlers and the city following these incidents - according to their claims - which committed genocide in all its forms (mass murder, theft, burning of property and people, physical liquidation), leaving thousands of innocent victims.

This study, following the analytical approach of the newly opened archival documents for researchers aims to monitor the extent of terrorist violence and inhumane crimes committed by these militias under the tutelage of the French administration, to prove through the French sources themselves the magnitude of the crime, which took the character of a war crime and a crime against humanity. We affirm that colonial France has never abandoned the dream of French Algeria. 

Key words : Incidents of May 8, 1945, European militias, French crimes, settlers.