Decimation means the killing of every tenth person...

Decimation means the killing of every tenth person in a population,

and in the spring and early summer of 1994 a program of massacres

decimated the Republic of Rwanda. Although the killing was low-

tech—performed largely by machete—it was carried out at dazzling

speed: of an original population of about seven and a half million,

at least eight hundred thousand people were killed in just a hundred

days. Rwandans often speak of a million deaths, and they may

right. The dead of Rwanda accumulated at nearly three times the

rate of Jewish dead during the Holocaust. It was the most efficient

mass killing since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Introduced by Rory Stewart, We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families won the Guardian First Book Award and offers a direct account of a pivotal moment in contemporary history. It delves into the human capacity to imagine the reality of extreme events. In 1994, the Rwandan government initiated a brutal campaign, urging the Hutu majority to exterminate the Tutsi minority. This resulted in nearly a million deaths in just a hundred days, while the international community remained largely inactive. A year after these events, Philip Gourevitch travelled to Rwanda to explore this clear-cut case of genocide reminiscent of the Holocaust. Recognised by the Guardian as one of the top hundred nonfiction books, it presents a vivid and haunting exploration of Rwanda's tragedy. This book is both gripping and heart-wrenching, offering a deep reflection on human betrayal and resilience.