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) ''; '' (and sometimes in Algeria as the ''War of 1 November'') was an armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (Algeri ...
. 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 communist
anticolonialist activist Henri Curiel participated in the network, as did the forger
Adolfo Kaminsky. The philosopher
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary criticism, literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th ...
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
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Francis Jeanson
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Henri Curiel
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Jacques Vergès
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Dominique Darbois
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Hélène Cuenat
See also
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Anti-colonialism
References
Military units and factions of the Algerian War
Contemporary French history
Rebel groups in Algeria
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