Why remember? January 27, 2009
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Did you know that the term genocide did not exist until 1943? It was created by a Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael (Rafal) Lemkin. It is described as any one of a number of acts intent on destroying in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.
To remember the 15th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, pupils at Hampton School have set up a project to collect 8,000 online responses to the question, “Why should we remember?” – one response for each 100 victims.
Last year the pupils joined with those from Hampton Community School to produce a short book which contains interviews with genocide survivors and witnesses as well as responses from forty well known figures including Tony Blair, David Cameron, George Carey, Stephen Fry and Boris Johnson.
To order a copy of the book, or add a “Why should we remember?” response, click here or on the book.
