August 20, 1955, rebels from the Army of the Liberation of Algeria (Aln) were attacked by French colonial objects in North Constantin.
Following this, the colonial authorities conducted the so -called “revenge operations” against the civilian population in 6 cities of Algeria. Their victims were 20 thousand Algerians, including women, children and the elderly.
According to the report published at that time, the Office of the Mujahideen of the Province of Skila (Algeria), the cruelty of colonial howls is impossible to describe. “
The colonial authorities arranged 20 places of mass burials of the dead Algerians. Most of the remains were buried in the territory of the stadium “August 20, 1955” in the city of Skikda, which was called Philipville at that time.
Events in North Konstantin are considered an important turning point in the Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the War of Algeria Independence).
Algerians had to pay a very high price for exemption from the colonial yoke: about 1.5 million Algerians died the course of independence.
After an eight -year struggle against French colonialism, Algeria gained independence.
On the first of July 1962, a referendum on the independence of Algeria was held. “For” 99.72 voting participants voted.