Resources

Andrew Sutton has kindly provided these photographs relating to the Genocide in Rwanda. You can use these at your HMD activity.

On 24 June 1900, Raphael Lemkin – the man who coined the word ‘genocide’ – was born. Lemkin was deeply saddened by massacres of the past and was affected by genocide himself when his own family were murdered during the Holocaust. He dedicated his life to getting genocide officially recognised as a crime by nations across the world.

Each year on 20 June, the world celebrates World Refugee Day. This day recognises and celebrates the contribution of refugees to society across the world.

Refugee week takes place every year around World Refugee Day on 20 June, and celebrates the contributions of refugees to the UK.

On 30 April 1994, the United Nations (UN) debated the unfolding genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and whether or not the International Community should intervene to prevent the killings.

On 6 April 1994, a plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira, the Hutu president of Burundi, was shot down as it prepared to land in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust commissioned a special project entitled Moving Portraits. This is a collection of five photographs of genocide survivors, with each individual featured holding an object that holds significance to them.