Villa Susini
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Algeria | |
 Interactive map of Villa Sésini | |
| Location | El Biar, Algiers Province, Algeria |
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| Coordinates | 36°42′27″N 3°35′34″E / 36.7076255°N 3.5928705°E |
| Type | Prison |
| Material | concrete, steel, iron, stone, brick, wood |
| Width | 60 metres (200 ft) |
| Height | 66 metres (217 ft) |
| Dedicated to | Torture, Algeria War |
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The villa Sésini (often improperly spelt Susini) is a former torture center established in El Biar during the Algerian war in the city of Algiers.[1][2]
The villa was built in El Biar by Alexandre Sésini, notary at rue Bab Azzoun in Algiers.[3][4]
In 1926, the city of Algiers classified it as a natural monument, in 1927, the German consulate moved there.[5][6]
It was transformed into a detention and torture center during the Algerian Revolution.[7][8][9]
It housed after independence for a time, the headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).[10][11]
After the independence of Algeria, the Villa Susini was used, in coordination with Cuba, for the military training of Latin American revolutionaries.[12][13]
By decree of the Algerian Ministry of Culture dated 28 April 2016, the villa is classified on the list of protected cultural property.[14]
Notable inmates
- Brahim Boushaki (1912-1997)[15][16]
- Louisette Ighilahriz (born 1936)[17][18]
- Mohamed Charef (1908-2011)[19][20]
- Nassima Hablal (1928-2013)[21][22]
Notable torturers
- Roger Trinquier[23][24]
- Louis Pierre Martin
- Roger Faulques[25][26]
- Wilhelmus Vaal[2]
- Paul Aussaresses[27]
- Jean Graziani[28][29]
- Jacques Massu[30]
- André Chabanne[31]
- Henri Pouillot[32][33]
- Yves Godard[34][35]
- Marcel Bigeard[36][37]
- Michel Fleutiaux[38]
- Philippe Erulin[39]
- André Charbonnier[40][41]
- Jean-Marie Le Pen[42][43]
- Paul-Alain Léger
- Maurice Schmitt[44][45]
- Marcel Devis[46][47]
- Albert Roux[48]
- Charles Lacheroy[49]
Gallery
Villa Susini
See also
- Algeria War
- National Liberation Front (Algeria)
- Torture during the Algerian War of Independence
- List of cultural assets of Algeria
- Ministry of Mujahideen
- Soummam conference
- Battle of Algiers (1956–1957)
- Historic Wilaya IV
- Water torture
- Mujahideen
- Shahid
- Called up from the contingent during the Algerian war