Rwanda

The specificities of the genocide of the Tutsi

The places of massacre

Unlike the genocide of the Jews, the physical annihilation of the Tutsi was not concentrated on large killing sites that could correspond to Nazi extermination camps or ghettos in Eastern Europe. The planned assassination of the Tutsi took place in the everyday space, on a street corner, in familiar and even sacred places, until then synonymous with sanctuaries and asylums.

The Tutsi are put to death throughout Rwanda. However, some assembly points concentrate areas of abuse.

Largely rural, the majority of the population...
Sacred places, notably churches, where...
Other places of daily life...
The university hospital of Butare...