Dr. Benaouda Benzerdjeb
Source: Tlemcen Medical History Center & Benzerdjeb Memorial
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Dr. Benaouda Benzerdjeb 🇩🇿

الدكتور بن عودة بن زرجب (Known as "Dr. Benzerdjeb")
First Doctor-Martyr of the Algerian Revolution, FLN Logistics Coordinator
Born Jan 09, 1921 🇩🇿 Tlemcen, Algeria
Passed Away Jan 16, 1956 Oued Chouly (Tlemcen), Algeria
Lifespan 35 years old
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"A physician heals the body of his patient; a patriot heals the soul of his nation."

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First physician-martyr of the Algerian Revolution, who used his medical clinic in Tlemcen to heal wounded fighters and run clandestine printing presses for the ALN.

Biographical Record

Dr. Benaouda Benzerdjeb was born in Tlemcen and earned his medical doctorate with high honors from the University of Montpellier in 1948. Returning to open a private clinic in Tlemcen, he provided free medical treatment to destitute Algerian families while secretly joining the Special Organization and the FLN.

Benzerdjeb used his clinic to stockpile antibiotics, surgical equipment, and blood plasma for the ALN maquis in the Trara and Fillaoucene mountains, and operated a mimeograph machine printing revolutionary tracts. Arrested in January 1956, he was taken to Oued Chouly and executed, sparking a historic general strike across Tlemcen.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Sidi Senoussi Cemetery
Tlemcen, Algeria
GPS: 34.8800, -1.3100
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