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Frankreich öffnet seine Archive über den Völkermord in Ruanda

By Jordi Bou

April 7, 2021 - Frankreich öffnet für die Öffentlichkeit die Archive über seine Rolle im Ruanda Genozid von 1994. Das Datum fällt mit dem 27. Jahrestag des Beginns der Massaker zusammen, bei dem ethnische Hutu Extremisten rund 800.000 Tutsis in 100 Tagen abschlachteten, sie wollten die Minorität des Tutsi Volkes auslöschen, das über viele Jahre im Land dominiert hatte.

A report commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron concluded that France bears “heavy and overwhelming responsibilities” as French authorities remained blind to the preparations for genocide.

But the report, published in March, cleared them of complicity in the slaughter that left over 800,000 people dead, mainly ethnic Tutsis and the Hutus who tried to protect them.

Historian Vincent Duclert, who led the commission that studied France’s actions in Rwanda from 1990-94, said it was important to acknowledge France’s role as a “monumental failure.”

Macron’s decision to commission the report – and open the archives to the public – are part of his efforts to more fully confront the French role in the genocide and to improve relations with Rwanda, including making April 7, the day the massacre began, a day of commemoration.

Rwanda, which has long accused France of complicity, said it welcomed the report, and said it would soon release its own report, which “will complement and enrich” the French one.

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PUBLISHED: 06/04/2021; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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