Comment reconnaître un harki ?
Comment reconnaître un harki ?
Harki, prononcé [ʔaʁki] (de l'arabe حركي, harkī), désigne, au sens strict, un individu servant en Algérie française dans une formation paramilitaire. Harki désigne par extension une partie des supplétifs engagés dans l'armée française durant la guerre d'Algérie sans avoir le statut de militaires.
Qu'est-ce qu'un soldat harki ?
Militaire servant dans une harka. (Les harkis ont joué un rôle important comme auxiliaires des troupes françaises pendant la guerre d'Algérie de 19.
What does Harki stand for?
- A young Harki, French Algeria. c. 1961. Harki (adjective from the Arabic harka, standard Arabic haraka حركة, "war party" or "movement", i.e., a group of volunteers, especially soldiers) is the generic term for native Muslim Algerians who served as auxiliaries in the French Army during the Algerian War of Independence from 19.
Is Harki a derogatory term in Algeria?
- Since Algerian independence, "Harki" has been used as a derogatory expression within Algeria. Amongst some of the Franco-Algerian community, Harkis have been likened to collaborators in France during the German occupation in World War II. Algerian historian Mohammed Harbi, a former FLN member]
Who were the Harkis in the war?
- As a partial replacement, the French administration recruited the Harkis as irregular militia based in their home villages or towns throughout Algeria. Initially raised as self-defence units, the Harkis, from 1956 on, increasingly served alongside the French Army in the field.
What happened to the Harkis in France?
- French President Jacques Chirac established 25 September 2001 as the Day of National Recognition for the Harkis. On , President Nicolas Sarkozy recognized France's "historical responsibility" in abandoning Harki Algerian veterans at the time of the war.
