"Red Terror" Martyrs' Memorial Museum Explained
See also: 1983–85 famine in Ethiopia.
The "Red Terror" Martyrs' Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa was established in 2010 as a memorial to those who died during the Red Terror under the Derg government.[1] [2] The museum has displays of torture instruments, skulls and bones, coffins, bloody clothes and photographs of victims. In free tours of the museum, guides describes the history leading up to the Red Terror (starting from Haile Selassie's 80th birthday celebration), the actions taken toward citizens who opposed the Derg, how the prisoners were treated and how they secretly communicated among each other.[3] [4]
The museum also features pictorial history of the Red Terror.[5]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum. rtmmm.org. 2016-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107084855/http://rtmmm.org/. 2019-01-07. dead.
- Web site: A visit to the "Red Terror" Martyrs Memorial Museum of Addis Ababa. Mulugeta. Mesfin. assimba.org. December 27, 2016.
- Web site: Emerging scholars: travel seminar to Rwanda and Ethiopia memorials, museums, national and international memory and memorialization. beyondgenocide.net. December 27, 2016.
- Web site: Documenting the Red Terror. Bearing witness to Ethiopia's lost generation. Mahoney. Anne Louise. December 27, 2016.
- Web site: Pourquoi peut-on affirmer que le régime du Derg (1974-1987) fut violent ?. www.guebre-mariam.org. December 27, 2016. June 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610144159/http://www.guebre-mariam.org/IMG/pdf/terreur_rouge_6_sur_8_seconde_2_lgm_fikir_helen_naomi_yom_mai_2015-2.pdf. dead.
