Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1949 van Berchem vakaita rwendo rwechipiri kuAlgeria uye rimwe gore gare gare basa rokutanga rokuongorora kuSedrata. Yakateverwa nenzendo mbiri dzakarongeka dzekuchera matongo: mukufamba kwekutanga, kwakaitika kubva pakupera kwa1950 kusvika kutanga kwa1951, aive nemidziyo yekuchera matongo yemhepo yakashandiswa kuongorora kukura kwenzvimbo ine migwagwa nemigero yayo. Kuongorora mvura kwakaitwawo. Kuchera kwakaganhurirwa kwakawana chivako chikuru chakashongedzwa namakoramu namapango. Mushandirapamwe wechipiri, uyo wakaitika kubva mukupera kwa1951 kusvika pakutanga kwa1952, wakawana nzvimbo yokugara ine mapani akavezwa zvakanaka. Mabhokisi anenge makumi mashanu ezvakawanikwa akatumirwa kuAlgiers. Zvisinei, van Berchem aifanira kurega basa racho rose pashure pokutanga kweRevolution yeAlgeria
muna 1954. Chikamu chikuru chezvaakawana chakabudiswa chete pashure pokufa kwake muna 2017.