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Maurice Audin
Béja, Tunisia
Archival Overview
Brilliant 25-year-old mathematician and assistant lecturer at the University of Algiers whose torture and murder by French paratroopers led to a worldwide campaign against state torture.
Biographical Record
Maurice Audin was a brilliant young mathematician completing his doctoral thesis on linear operators at the University of Algiers. A committed member of the Algerian Communist Party, he used his home as a safe house for underground militants and wounded resistance fighters.
Arrested on June 11, 1957, during the Battle of Algiers, Audin was taken to the El Biar interrogation center where he was tortured with electricity under the supervision of General Massu's officers. He died under torture around June 21, 1957. In 2018, the French Republic officially recognized state responsibility for his disappearance and murder.
Key Life Milestones
Defense of Human Dignity and Underground Aid
Provided sanctuary and medical assistance to hunted Algerian freedom fighters.
Defense of Human Dignity and Underground Aid
Provided sanctuary and medical assistance to hunted Algerian freedom fighters.
Defense of Human Dignity and Underground Aid
Provided sanctuary and medical assistance to hunted Algerian freedom fighters.
French Presidential Recognition of State Murder
French state officially acknowledged that Maurice Audin was tortured and murdered by French military forces.
French Presidential Recognition of State Murder
French state officially acknowledged that Maurice Audin was tortured and murdered by French military forces.
French Presidential Recognition of State Murder
French state officially acknowledged that Maurice Audin was tortured and murdered by French military forces.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialAlgiers, Algeria