The specificities of the genocide of the Tutsi
A genocide of neighbors
Chaplet. Length 47 cm.
© Kigali Memorial Center, Gisozi, Rwanda. Photo: Shoah Memorial.
Everyday objects found at killing sites and in mass graves are evidence of the eruption of genocide into daily life and provide information on the identity of victims: combs, prayer books, rosaries, shoes. They also sometimes allow survivors to recognize the bodies of their own in the places where they were murdered.