Paul Aussaresses was a French Army general, who fought during World War II, the First Indochina War and Algerian War. His actions during the Algerian War—and later defense of those actions—caused considerable controversy.
Général Paul Aussaresses
Torture during the Algerian War
Elements from the French Armed Forces used deliberate torture during the Algerian War (1954–1962), creating an ongoing public controversy. Pierre Vidal-Naquet, a renowned French historian, estimated that there were "hundreds of thousands of instances of torture" by the French military in Algeria.
An Algerian is submerged in water and tortured by the French army using electricity, while two tires serve as containers (1961).
"Gégène", a device used by the French forces to generate electricity; electrodes would then be attached to the victim's body parts for electric torture
Henri Alleg
People fasting against torture in Paris, 1957 (Lanza del Vasto and Louis Massignon among others)