Murambi Genocide Memorial (Murambi Technical School)
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Murambi Genocide Memorial (Murambi Technical School)

Near Butare/Huye, Southern Province

50,000

Victims Buried

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About This Memorial

Its preserved classrooms that display victims' remains and belongings; one of the most powerful and striking museum-style memorials documenting the brutality of the massacres. Converted into a memorial after 1995; now one of the national memorial centres.

Victims & Burials

The site commemorates mass killings that took place at the technical school; estimates up to ~50,000 victims associated with the Murambi massacre; dozens of preserved bodies and exhibits are on display.

Total victims buried: 50,000

History

Converted into a memorial after 1995; now one of the national memorial centres.

Features

  • Preserved classrooms
  • Displayed victims' remains
  • Victims' belongings on display
  • Museum-style memorial

Significance

One of the most powerful and striking memorials documenting the brutality of the massacres

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Near Butare/Huye, Southern Province

UNESCO Status

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Significance

One of the most powerful and striking memorials documenting the brutality of the massacres

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