page_title: May 1958 crisis in France
hierarchical_section_title: May 1958 crisis in France
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Berlin, Karl-Marx-Allee, "Deutsche Sporthalle" Zentralbild Sturm Ulter 29.5.1958 Solidaritätskundgebung mit dem französischen Volk gegen Faschismus in der Sporthalle in Berlin Der Berliner Ausschuß der Nationalen Front rief die Berliner am 29.5.1958 zu einer Solidaritätskundgebung mit dem französischen Volk gegen die faschistischen Putschversuche auf. Auf dieser Kundgebung, die in der Sporthalle durchgeführt wurde, sprach u.a. der Sekretär des Zentralkomites der SED, Prof. Albert Norden. (Siehe ADN-Meldung v. 29.5.58) UBz: Tausende Kundgebungsteilnehmer verlassen die Sporthalle nach der Kundgebung.
context_page_description: The May 1958 crisis was a political crisis in France during the turmoil of the Algerian War of Independence which led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic and its replacement by the Fifth Republic led by Charles de Gaulle who returned to power after a twelve-year absence. It started as a political uprising in Algiers on 13 May 1958 and then became a military coup d'état led by a coalition headed by Algiers deputy and reserve airborne officer Pierre Lagaillarde, French Generals Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud, Jean Gracieux, and Jacques Massu, and by Admiral Philippe Auboyneau, commander of the Mediterranean fleet. The coup was supported by former Algerian Governor General Jacques Soustelle and his activist allies.
  The coup had as its aim to oppose the formation of Pierre Pflimlin's new government and to impose a change of policies in favor of the right-wing partisans of French Algeria.
context_section_description: The May 1958 crisis (or Algiers putsch or the coup of 13 May) was a political crisis in France during the turmoil of the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62) which led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic and its replacement by the Fifth Republic led by Charles de Gaulle who returned to power after a twelve-year absence. It started as a political uprising in Algiers on 13 May 1958 and then became a military coup d'état led by a coalition headed by Algiers deputy and reserve airborne officer Pierre Lagaillarde, French Generals Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud, Jean Gracieux, and Jacques Massu, and by Admiral Philippe Auboyneau, commander of the Mediterranean fleet. The coup was supported by former Algerian Governor General Jacques Soustelle and his activist allies.
  The coup had as its aim to oppose the formation of Pierre Pflimlin's new government and to impose a change of policies in favor of the right-wing partisans of French Algeria.
caption: Communists gathering in East Berlin at the Deutsche Sporthalle of Karl-Marx-Allee, in "solidarity with the French people against Fascism"
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