Danièle Djamila Amrane-Minne
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Danièle Minne (born 13 August 1939 at Neuilly-sur-Seine
) was one of the few European girls convicted for assisting the FLN
during the Algerian War. Her mother Jacqueline Netter-Minne-Guerroudj
and her stepfather Abdelkader Guerroudj
, were both condemned to death as accomplices of Fernand Iveton
, the only European who was guillotined for his part in the Algerian revolt. Her mother was never executed, partly due to a campaign on her behalf conducted by Simone de Beauvoir
; her stepfather was also freed.
Danièle Minne joined the struggle when she was 17, going underground under the nom de guerre of Djamila.
Arrested and jailed in December 1956, she was sentenced,
on 4 December 1957, to 7 years in prison by a juvenile tribunal.
Freed after independence in 1962, she wrote a PhD dissertation on the participation of Algerian women in the war, based on interviews with eighty-eight women between 1978 and 1986; the dissertation was later published as a book, Des femmes dans la guerre d’Algérie (Karthala, Paris). The book was the basis for the film Algeria: women at war by Parminder Vir.
Danièle Minne became Djamila Amrane by marriage in 1964. She later worked at the University of Algiers
but, by 1999, was a professor of history and feminist studies at the University of Toulouse
.
Djamila Bouhired
Djamila Bouhired is an Algerian revolutionary.Bouhired is a nationalist who opposed French colonial rule of Algeria. Djamila Bouhired was raised in a middle-class family, she went to a French school and joined the Algerian National Liberation Front while a student activist. Later, she worked as a...
Danièle Minne (born 13 August 1939 at Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Although Neuilly is technically a suburb of Paris, it is immediately adjacent to the city and directly extends it. The area is composed of mostly wealthy, select residential...
) was one of the few European girls convicted for assisting the FLN
National Liberation Front (Algeria)
The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...
during the Algerian War. Her mother Jacqueline Netter-Minne-Guerroudj
Jacqueline Netter-Minne-Guerroudj
Jacqueline Netter-Minne-Guerroudj was a Frenchwoman condemned to death as an accomplice ofFernand Iveton during the Algerian War.She was never executed, partly due to a campaign on her behalf conducted by Simone de Beauvoir....
and her stepfather Abdelkader Guerroudj
Abdelkader Guerroudj
Abdelkader Guerroudj, an Algerian, and his French wife, Jacqueline Guerroudj, were condemned to death in December 1957 as accomplices of Fernand Iveton, the only European who was guillotined for his part in the Algerian revolt...
, were both condemned to death as accomplices of Fernand Iveton
Fernand Yveton
Fernand Iveton was the only pied noir among the 198 supporters of the FLN who were executed during the war in Algeria.Iveton was born in 1926 in Algiers to a Spanish mother and a French father...
, the only European who was guillotined for his part in the Algerian revolt. Her mother was never executed, partly due to a campaign on her behalf conducted by Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir , was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, and social theorist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and...
; her stepfather was also freed.
Danièle Minne joined the struggle when she was 17, going underground under the nom de guerre of Djamila.
Arrested and jailed in December 1956, she was sentenced,
on 4 December 1957, to 7 years in prison by a juvenile tribunal.
Freed after independence in 1962, she wrote a PhD dissertation on the participation of Algerian women in the war, based on interviews with eighty-eight women between 1978 and 1986; the dissertation was later published as a book, Des femmes dans la guerre d’Algérie (Karthala, Paris). The book was the basis for the film Algeria: women at war by Parminder Vir.
Danièle Minne became Djamila Amrane by marriage in 1964. She later worked at the University of Algiers
University of Algiers
The University of Algiers Benyoucef Benkhedda is a university located in Algiers, Algeria. It was founded in 1909 and is organized into seven faculties.-History:...
but, by 1999, was a professor of history and feminist studies at the University of Toulouse
University of Toulouse
The Université de Toulouse is a consortium of French universities, grandes écoles and other institutions of higher education and research, named after one of the earliest universities established in Europe in 1229, and including the successor universities to that earlier university...
.