blog #12

Kimmelman, Michael. "In France, a War of Memories Over Memories of War." New York Times. 4 March 2009. 10 March 2009. .

The Wall of the Disappeared, located in France, is a large wall that lists the name of some 2,700 "pieds noirs". The term pieds noirs has to do something with black boots and came from Spain, Italy, Germany and other European countries. Then pieds noirs became French citizens when Algeria was under France's thumb. Soon after, Charles de Gaulle ended the colonial war with Algerian nationalists, where more than a million pieds noirs fled to cities. The people who stayed were massacred in places while others disappeared. These people were looking for hope and wanted rights among Africa and colonized in its colonies to promote these colonies fully developing. Later on, a series of wars approached because of the french government not supporting the citizens of France. This finally led to thousands of deaths which are shown on the Wall of the Disappeared. I think that this Wall is a great structure and a way for the people to die be remembered.