L'Écho d'Alger

French newspaper in Algeria (1912–1961)

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L'Echo d'Alger (French: The Echo of Algiers) was a daily newspaper in Algiers, Algeria, which was published between 1912 and 1961. Its subtitle was journal républicain du matin (French: Republican morning paper).^[1] It was first a leftist publication, but from 1941 it supported the French rule in Algeria.

History and profile

The first issue of the paper appeared on 16 March 1912.^[1]^[2] Its founder was Étienne Baïlac, a French journalist born in Algeria.^[2] The paper came out daily with combined issues for Sunday and Monday.^[3] It had a leftist political stance during its early period.^[2]

In 1941 Alain de Sérigny became the editor and publisher of L'Echo d'Alger.^[4] Under his editorship which lasted until 1961 the paper had a conservative political stance^[5] and supported the rights of the European settlers in Algeria against the French President Charles de Gaulle's support for the self-determination of the country.^[4] It was subject to censorship of the French authorities when it contained anti-De Gaulle articles.^[6] During this period it had a circulation of 55,000 copies.^[4]

On 8 February 1960 its publisher and editor, Alain de Sérigny, was arrested and imprisoned in the Barberousse detention centre.^[5] He had been under house arrest since 3 February and was detained due to his alleged role in undermining the internal security of the country.^[7] The final issue of the paper was published on 25 April 1961.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "L'Echo d'Alger: journal républicain du matin" (in French). BnF Gallica. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Titre de Presse. L'Écho d'Alger" (in French). RetroNews. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "L'écho d'Alger". Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Alain de Serigny Dies; Was Algeria Publisher". The New York Times. Reuters. 18 May 1986. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "The Month in Review. February 1960". Current History. 38 (224): 250. April 1960. JSTOR 45310434.
^ Martin Evans (2018). "Towards an emotional history of settler decolonisation: De Gaulle, political masculinity and the end of French Algeria 1958–1962". Settler Colonial Studies. 8 (2): 235. doi:10.1080/2201473X.2016.1273872. S2CID 157682838.
^ "M. Alain de Sérigny est inculpé de complicité d'atteinte à la sûreté intérieure de l'État Une lettre du directeur de "l'Echo d'Alger"". Le Monde (in French). Algiers. 9 February 1960. Retrieved 20 November 2022.