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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.
Nov 9, 2017 · Discover Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.
Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum. 822 reviews. #1 of 85 things to do in Addis Ababa. Speciality Museums. Write a review. What people are saying. “ must-see ”. Jun 2023. This was very reminiscent of the Tuol Sleng museum in Phnom Penh, also chronicling death and atrocities and heroic re...
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Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Sombre materials are used for this museum commemorating the deaths of over 50,000 opponents of the Dergue dictatorship between 1975 and 1980.
The Red Terror Martyrs' Memorial Museum is a sobering testament to a brutal era in Ethiopia's past, reminding visitors of the importance of remembering history to prevent the recurrence of such atrocities.
The museum is well laid out and incredibly moving, nothing more so than the walls of photos and names of just some of the estimated half a million killed under the Derg, or the display cabinets filled with human belongings dug out of mass graves.
Apr 6, 2024 · Within this captivating realm of retrospection, the Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa stands as a haunting testament to the indelible power of such encounters, evoking an eerie yet transformative resonance within its visitors.
