Description

This document focuses on the two newspapers published during this period: “El Balagh El Djazaïri” from Algiers and “En Nadjah” from Constantine (in Arabic). You can read information about:

1. The internal and external policy of the government.

2. The benevolent gestures of Governor-General Chatel and his wife (distribution of couscous to several thousand poor people, donation of clothes to needy students, etc.).

3. The installation of the Special Delegation of the city of Algiers, the appointment of Mr. Pages to the functions of the delegate of the Inspectorate of Resources of Overseas France.

4. Reproduction of texts (“Le communisme”), articles, or speeches (Cheikh Mustapha Kassimi on Radio-Algiers on August 15, 1942: “Impressions of the delegation of ZaouIas leaders and brotherhoods on their return from Vichy”).

5. Religious matters.

6. These two newspapers give translations of articles published in the French-language press relating to various subjects such as the telegram sent by Marshal Pétain to Cheikh Bellahouel, the receptions of Pétain, the praise of the French press for President Laval and his politics, the trip made by Admiral Darlan to Dakar and his intention to visit Algeria, Hitler’s speech, the departure of French workers for Germany, the compulsory internship of young Muslims in the Chantiers of Youth, the collection of clothes from France intended for needy North Africans, the trips of the President of the Lebanese Republic to the main agricultural regions of the country, the victims of the English raid on the factories of Le Creusot, etc.