PiedNoir Wikipedia
The PiedsNoirs (French pronunciation:, "BlackFoot ", singular PiedNoir) are the people of French and other European origin who were born in Algeria during the period of French rule from 1830 to 1962, and who "returned" to mainland France as soon as Algeria gained independence, or in the months following. Depending on context, the definition can also include the Algerian Jews, who had been ...