Mr. Greenwood visited Alger, Oran and Arzew in 1979 to meet people in Algerian National Oil Company. Long time has passed since independence, but older generation were still using French there.
In a marina in Alger
There is an interesting linkage between old Hollywood movie "Casablanca" and perfume called "Mitsuko". Once upon a time, there was a yong man from Czechoslovakia visiting Tokyo. His name was Count Heinrich Coudenhove-Kalergie. When he was injured and helped by a daughter of the antique shop owner, he suddenly fell in love with her. Her name was Mitsuko. French perfume maker adopted her name for one of their products because her debut in European society was very successful. When her second son grew up, he became a pioneer in organizing pan European idea and anti- Nazism movement. He married a beautiful actress who is elder than him. Because of his political stance, he had to leave his homeland. He moved to Paris but German invasion again forced them to go to French Morocco via Oran. Finally they got visa to go to US. Hollywood took up the story. In the movie called Casablanca, her son’s name is Victor Razro. His wife’s name is Ilsa Razro played by Ingrid Bergman. Hamphrey Bogart’s role was her boyfriend.
visited in 1979
prepared in 2001