Just as the Nazis had their Julius Viel, Oskar Gröning, Wilhelm Keitel … The bloodthirsty criminals of the Third Reich, the French colonial period in Madagascar also had characters who were maneuvering massacres and humiliations towards the Malagasy patriots. The most notable character remains Henri Gabriel Putz, born January 26, 1859 in France. He was the first responsible for the deportation of the head of King Toera and those of his decapitated companions, “ Zanakantra According to legend, after the Massacre of Ambky in Le Menabe in 1897. The sacred relic of the Grand Monarch and members of her court was first kept in Morondava then sent to France, Henri Gabriel Putz was still on the trip. Among the striking figures are Louis Dupuy, a bloodthirsty officer. His role during the repression of 1947 is often described as ferocious and extremely violent. Moreover, the documents relating to its actions in Madagascar are rare, even not found. The tracks were, no doubt, erased. In the same mold, General Georges Catroux (1877-1969). THE ” devil In a French body so to speak. He is responsible for the violence inflicted on Malagasy men, women and children, including rape of minors, to watch Malagasy patriotism.
The story said little about the after 29 March 1947, which would have killed more than the front and the pendant. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889–1952), after the Second World War where he signed up to release France, this officer began to suppress the Malagasy anti-colonial resistance fighters. This racist and ungrateful attitude of the colonists pushed many veterans to join the ranks of the Malagasy patriots fighting for freedom. To name only the “ Marosalohy », In the east and south-east of Madagascar. The leaders, for the most part, did the second war under the banner of France. A devastated country, lacking in men, used native soldiers as cannon fodder. Military commander, Paul Legentilhomme (1884-1975) served the army in Madagascar before 1947. However, he was involved in surveys, assassinations … In the name of the consolidation of control by France on the big island. Among General de Gaulle’s trust officers, another bloodthirsty to speak only of his mission in Algeria.
Maminirina Rado
