The subjective and moving account of a witness of the tragedy that was, for the Blackfoot from Algeria, the exodus of summer 62. Beyond what the author of the commitments we may think for a French Algeria renovated by the fraternization of 13 May 58, the pieces he read into the record should be taken into account in understanding more complete the period. And especially since, as the story is always written by the victors, the view of those who made other choices tends to be somewhat masked.