"Red Terror" Martyrs' Memorial Museum: Difference between revisions
Sammytesfu (talk | contribs) Added a new sentence |
More info on what the museum displays |
||
| Line 39: | Line 39: | ||
In the museum various torture instruments are displayed. In addition, original skulls and bones, coffins, bloody clothes, and photographs of victims are exhibited. |
In the museum various torture instruments are displayed. In addition, original skulls and bones, coffins, bloody clothes, and photographs of victims are exhibited. |
||
Tours are given for free where a museum guide will go through the exhibits and explain the history leading up to the Red Terror (starting from [[Haile Selassie]]'s 80th birthday celebration). The tour guide will explain the atrocious actions done towards citizens who opposed the [[Derg]], how prisoners were treated and how they secretly communicated among each other. |
|||
The museum also features pictorial history of the red terror. |
The museum also features pictorial history of the red terror. |
||
Revision as of 04:48, 2 December 2015
| File:"Red Terror" Martyrs' Memorial Museum.JPG Entrance to "Red Terror" Martyrs' Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa. | |
 | |
| Type | Museum |
|---|---|
The "Red Terror" Martyrs' Memorial Museum in Addis Ababa was established in 2010 as a memorial to the victims of the Red Terror under the Derg regime.
In the museum various torture instruments are displayed. In addition, original skulls and bones, coffins, bloody clothes, and photographs of victims are exhibited.
Tours are given for free where a museum guide will go through the exhibits and explain the history leading up to the Red Terror (starting from Haile Selassie's 80th birthday celebration). The tour guide will explain the atrocious actions done towards citizens who opposed the Derg, how prisoners were treated and how they secretly communicated among each other.
The museum also features pictorial history of the red terror.
External links
 | This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (February 2015) |
.JPG)
 | This article about a building or structure in Ethiopia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |