tylizard t1_j2udn22 wrote on January 4, 2023 at 12:31 AM

I went to a Rwandan Church memorial in Nyamata in 2019. Hit harder than anything I have seen before anywhere because it was so fresh and in such an underdeveloped part of the world. They don’t have enough money to memorialize in any grand way but do the best they can. This church had pews and pews full of blood stained clothing. The doors and walls still had bullet holes. The outer door was still fragmented from a grenade. It honestly felt like they were still continuing to even clean up after the massacre.

MrHollandsOpium t1_j2vgsix wrote on January 4, 2023 at 5:33 AM

The church in Nyamata is intentionally left like that. The Rwandan Government has taken out LOTS of money to upgrade certain sites of the genocide. They left Nyamata alone because of its rawness

masklinn t1_j2w64sk wrote on January 4, 2023 at 10:44 AM

That sounds a lot like WWII sites which were left as-is for remembrance.

coolcoenred t1_j2wen53 wrote on January 4, 2023 at 12:23 PM

Reminds me of the Sarajevo roses

aBoyandHisVacuum t1_j2xhamw wrote on January 4, 2023 at 5:12 PM

My friends from Montenegro? Im sure i spelled it wrong. Said they were finally rebuilding or fixing there war torn home in ole yugolslavia. This was like 5 or so years. Ago. Unreal.

MadsMikkelsenisGryFx t1_j2xpv3l wrote on January 4, 2023 at 6:04 PM

When the local government renovated Jallianwala Bagh they kept the walls and the well the same way.