The Shoah Memorial trains Rwandan professionals in the transmission of the Genocide against the Tutsi news

Under the aegis of Minister Dr. Damascene, a key training was inaugurated at the memorial site of Gisozi, in Rwanda. This cooperation initiative took place in partnership with the Shoah Memorial, whose expertise in the management of archives and memorial mediation is recognized internationally.

The training was aimed at Rwandan memorial site managers, professionals from the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement (MINUBUMWE), its affiliated agencies and various partners. It focused on two fundamental areas:

  1. The use and exploitation of a new corpus of archival documents relating to the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi.

  2. The preservation of material evidence of the Genocide.

This documentary corpus, specifically developed, is intended to serve as a foundation for the development of educational tools within the memorials of the Genocide against the Tutsi, targeting in particular the visits of school groups.

During the opening, the Minister stressed to participants the need to present history in a strictly chronological, clear and coherent manner. He stressed the importance of covering the entire historical narrative: from pre-colonial Rwandan unity to its destruction by colonization, through the progression of genocidal ideology under postcolonial regimes, the execution of the Genocide and the process of rebuilding the country. This approach aims to ensure that visitors have a complete and in-depth understanding of this historical period.

c Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement