Maurice Laban

Maurice Laban (born October 1914 at Biskra, died 5 June 1956 at Boudouane), a pied-noir, was a founding member of the Algerian Communist Party (PCA). In 1936, he joined the International Brigades to fight in the Spanish Civil War ^[1][2].

In the mid-1950s, he was a member of the Combattants de la Libération, the guerrilla group established by the PCA after the outbreak of the Algerian War^[3]. Along with Henri Maillot, another European member of the guerrilla group, he was among those killed when an informer betrayed their position to a unit of the French Army^[4][5]. The band were sighted near Lamartine, east of Orléansville, an area which had not previously contained guerillas. They were pursued and attacked outside the Muslim village of Boudouane; seven members of the group were killed, among them Laban and Maillot.

References

1. ^ "Algeria, 1914-1944". http://www.schudak.de/timelines/algeria1914-1944.html. 
2. ^ Jean-Luc Einaudi (1999). Un Algérien, Maurice Laban. ISBN 2862746401. http://www.amazon.fr/Alg%C3%A9rien-Maurice-Laban-Jean-Luc-Einaudi/dp/2862746401. 
3. ^ Bouzeghrane Nadjia (2004-11-01). "Maurice laban, mort au maquis". El Watan. http://www.elwatan.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=7126. 
4. ^ Mitch Abidor. "The Algerian Communist Party in the War". http://www.marxists.org/history/algeria/algerian-communist-party.htm. 
5. ^ Merzak Chertouk (2007-06-18). "Henri Maillot et Maurice Laban, héros « oubliés »". El Watan. http://www.elwatan.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=70638. 

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Name	Laban, Maurice
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Date of birth	1914
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Date of death	1956-06-05
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