Exiled O.A.S. officers quietly built new lives while nursing old attachments

Evidence

Colonel Jean Gardes, after dodging arrest in Spain, made his way to Argentina, where — remembering some of his mother’s recipes from the Restaurant des Ministères — he established an unmilitary but extremely successful business making pâtés. On the amnesty he too returned to Paris. Averse to reading the many books about the Algerian war, he is fed “digests” by his wife and is distressed when not enough is made of his lasting attachment to the Muslims of Algeria. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1667

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Defeated O.A.S. generals adopted elaborate disguises and false identities — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1462; Only the most bitter O.A.S. officers stayed in exile after amnesty — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1667

Broader Connections