Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1949 van Berchem akaita rwendo rwechipiri kuAlgeria uye rimwe gore gare gare rwendo rwokutanga rwokuongorora 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 nemigwagwa yayo nemigero. 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 chirongwa chose chose pashure pokutanga kwegore ra1960.
Shanduko yeAlgeria muna 1954. Chikamu chikuru chezvaakawana chakabudiswa chete pashure pokufa kwake muna 2017.