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What relationship do European countries have with their colonial past? The way they dealwith, reread, reconstruct, forget or conceal this part of their history is decisive forunderstanding today’s geopolitics and for questioning current societies.The Confederation, under its cloak of neutrality, has long denied its involvement in colonialprocesses. However, the Swiss participated in the settlement of French Algeria, wherethey exercised forms of domination, notably through private investments. When Algerianindependence was proclaimed, the Confederation faced the delicate task of organising the‘return’ of Swiss settlers. Following nationalisations and expropriations overseas, propertyhad to be protected, and pensions paid.This book offers valuable tools for understanding colonial history in a decolonised world.Supported by Swiss, French, Italian and English archival sources − most of which havenever been published before − this study reconstructs the interplay of scales andhighlights the decisive role of the Association des Suisses spoliés d’Algérie ou d’outremer

history, colonialism, Northern Africa, minorities, decolonisation, postcolonialism

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What relationship do European countries have with their colonial past? The way they dealwith, reread, reconstruct, forget or conceal this part of their history is decisive forunderstanding today’s geopolitics and for questioning current societies.The Confederation, under its cloak of neutrality, has long denied its involvement in colonialprocesses. However, the Swiss participated in the settlement of French Algeria, wherethey exercised forms of domination, notably through private investments. When Algerianindependence was proclaimed, the Confederation faced the delicate task of organising the‘return’ of Swiss settlers. Following nationalisations and expropriations overseas, propertyhad to be protected, and pensions paid.This book offers valuable tools for understanding colonial history in a decolonised world.Supported by Swiss, French, Italian and English archival sources − most of which havenever been published before − this study reconstructs the interplay of scales andhighlights the decisive role of the Association des Suisses spoliés d’Algérie ou d’outremer

Colonialism & imperialism --- history, colonialism, Northern Africa, minorities, decolonisation, postcolonialism