Surgeon during the Algerian War

Has everything really been said about the Algerian war Although the archives are opening up almost fifty years after the signing of the Evian Agreements March 18 1962 direct witnesses are beginning to disappear They are however unique bearers of history often the only ones able to illustrate the harsh reality of a longhidden period Gérard Zwang surgeon of the contingent between May 1956 and June 1958 is one of these essential witnesses who help us discover an original history of the Algerian War During his service in charge of treating the most atrocious wounds of his fellow soldiers he sees the war from the side of its victims He did not fight with a machine pistol in his hand but behind the closed doors of an operating room where life gives way to death in a matter of seconds