HistoryPodcast 59 - Rwandan Holocaust

The Rwandan Genocide was the slaughter of an estimated 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus, mostly carried out by two extremist Hutu militia groups, the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi, during a period of 100 days from April 6th through mid-July 1994.

HP59 - Rwandan Holocaust.mp3 20:19 - 18.7MB

Question and Answers Re-cap:

1. Question: What is the first year Michelle mentions as a stock market crash?
Answer: 1929

2. Question: When did Patton graduate from West Point?
Answer: June, 11, 1909

3. Question: Who introduced todays episode (57) of historypodcast?
Answer: Lauren

4. Question: Where was Antoni Gaudí born?
Answer: Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain

5. Question: Name one of the three ethnic divisions of Rwandan's mentioned in this episode?
Answer: Twa, Hutu or Tutsi

Show Transcript

Links:

Source: Gendercide Watch

How the Rwandan Genocide Happened

PBS: The Triumph of Evil

This Months Book:

Left To Tell : Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Next Months Book:

The Brothers Bulger : How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century

TV Listings:

Sorry no listings this week. :-(