Moment of Pardon
Photograph
Moment of Pardon
A Rebel Returns
1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (15.7 × 24.2 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0308
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso C: 1962 MAGNUM Photos [cut off] \ (Rebel Returns) 7/62 19) MOMENT OF PARDON: Belkacem Krim makes a magnanimous \ gesture by freeing mechanic Rene Pons and his wife despite their \ admitted guilt. Many Algerians realize that the presence of \ European Algerians is necessary for a successful transition to \ economic independence.
