The Jeanson network () was a group of French leftwing militants led by Francis Jeanson who helped Algerian National Liberation Front agents operating in the French metropolitan territory during the

Algerian War The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence,( ar, الثورة الجزائرية '; '' ber, Tagrawla Tadzayrit''; french: Guerre d'Algérie or ') and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November ...

. They were mainly involved in carrying money and papers for the Algerians and were sometimes called "the suitcase carriers" (''les porteurs de valises''), a notion from the French resistance movement during World War II. The famous communist anticolonialist

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Henri Curiel participated in the network, as did the forger Adolfo Kaminsky. The philosopher

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and writer Simone de Beauvoir were supportive of the Jeanson network. Photojournalist and author Dominique Darbois was another intellectual in Jeanson's network.Mémoires de la guerre d'Algérie Par Martin Evens ; Page 74

Notable suitcase carriers

* Francis Jeanson * Henri Curiel * Jacques Vergès * Dominique Darbois

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Algerian War Contemporary French history Rebel groups in Algeria {{France-hist-stub

Notable suitcase carriers

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