Maurice Laban
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Maurice Laban a pied-noir
, was a founding member of the Algerian Communist Party
(PCA). In 1936, he joined the International Brigades
to fight in the Spanish Civil War
.
In the mid-1950s, he was a member of the Combattants de la Libération
, the guerrilla group established by the PCA after the outbreak of the Algerian War. Along with Henri Maillot
, another European member of the guerrilla group, he was among those killed when an informer betrayed their position to a unit of the French Army. The band were sighted near Lamartine, east of Orléansville, an area which had not previously contained guerillas. They were pursued and attacked outside the Muslim village of Boudouane; seven members of the group were killed, among them Laban and Maillot.
Pied-noir
Pied-Noir , plural Pieds-Noirs, pronounced , is a term referring to French citizens of various origins who lived in French Algeria before independence....
, was a founding member of the Algerian Communist Party
Algerian Communist Party
The Algerian Communist Party was a communist party in Algeria. The PCA emerged in 1920 as an extension the French Communist Party and eventually became a separate entity in 1936 ....
(PCA). In 1936, he joined the International Brigades
International Brigades
The International Brigades were military units made up of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to Spain to defend the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939....
to fight in the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
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In the mid-1950s, he was a member of the Combattants de la Libération
Combattants de la Libération
Les Combattants de la Libération , also known as Le Maquis Rouge, were a guerrilla group established by theAlgerian Communist Party after the outbreak of the Algerian War of Independence....
, the guerrilla group established by the PCA after the outbreak of the Algerian War. Along with Henri Maillot
Henri Maillot
Henri François Maillot was a pied noir member of the Algerian Communist Party and participated in the Algerian War. In 1956, Maillot deserted from his military unit, taking with him an important stock of arms and ammunition for the guerrillas...
, another European member of the guerrilla group, he was among those killed when an informer betrayed their position to a unit of the French Army. The band were sighted near Lamartine, east of Orléansville, an area which had not previously contained guerillas. They were pursued and attacked outside the Muslim village of Boudouane; seven members of the group were killed, among them Laban and Maillot.