Bisesero_Genocide_Memorial_Centre

Bisesero Genocide Memorial Centre

Bisesero Genocide Memorial Centre

Museum in Western Province, Rwanda

The Bisesero Genocide Memorial, near Karongi-Kibuye - Western Rwanda, which commemorates the Rwandan genocide in 1994. 40,000 people died here.[1]

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Location

The memorial is on a hill at the small settlement of Bisesero which is about 60 km by road from Kibuye, Rwanda.[1]

History

The Memorial Centre

Genocide against the Tutsi began in April 1994. 40,000 people died in the area around Bisesero. Unusually these people offered some defense and they appealed to French peace keeping troops for assistance. The troops had no mandate to intervene and they withdrew from the carnage. 40,000 Rwandans died around Bisesero.[1]

This memorial centre is one of six major centers in Rwanda that commemorate the 1994 Tutsi genocide. The others are the Kigali Memorial Centre, Murambi Memorial Centre and Ntarama Genocide Memorial Centre and others at Nyamata and Nyarubuye.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Bisesero: The Hill of Resistance, Noam Schimmel, 2012, Huffington Post, Retrieved 3 March 2016
  2. [2]
    Sites mémoriaux du génocide : Nyamata, Murambi, Bisesero et Gisozi, UNESCO, Retrieved 2 March 2015
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