Genocide is defined as "an attempt to destruct an ethnic, racial, national, or religious group", and clearly causing horrific consequences. During the Holocaust, the lesson behind the suffering and brutality posed on the Jewish and other non-Aryan races, one can ask, how could this ever happen again? Yet, unfortunately, many genocides have occurred since then. During the year of 1994, the Rwandan Genocide marked its place in history. In just 100 days, 800,000 Rwandans laid dead on the streets, with their bodies barely identifiable. From the start, this attempt to "exterminate the other group" was due to a long-lasted rivalry between the two major ethnic groups in Rwanda, the Hutus and the Tutsis. Their long history of violence goes back to the colonial period where the Hutus, the majority amongst Rwandan ethnicities, and the minority Tutsis, fought over political control. As it plays out, it was the cause of events that led to this catastrophe. This website will share the background story on how and why the genocide occurred, and other information related to the hatred between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnicities. Illustrations, mostly pictures and videos, will be posted to share with you some personal accounts of people that actually endured the whole experience. By looking at this website one can understand the indescribable suffering and the never-ending fear that people encountered during the Rwandan Genocide.

***WARNING! - This webpage contains graphic images. Viewer discretion advised. ***

Friday, December 2, 2011

Personal Account of the Genocide: Juliette's Story

The following video is about Juliette Mukakabanda, who experienced the tragedies of the Rwandan genocide herself. Unfortunately her story is one of the many that were developed during the events leading up to the year of 1994. While barely escaping with her infant daughter, her husband and two sons were massacred. She is kind to share her story with us.

In order to view this video, you must copy and the url and paste it in another tab. Please excuse any troubles, the video was hard to upload.

***WARNING! This video contains graphic images, viewer discretion advised.
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,18648580001_1889593,00.html
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