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Colors by Michaella Rugwizangoga

Nina Sosanya reads the poem Colors - A thought to all the survivors of the 1994 genocide by Michaella Rugwizangoga, an award-winning Rwandan poet.

Appolinaire's journey

Appolinaire's journey

Appolinaire Kageruka was 24 years old, and working as a teacher, when the Genocide in Rwanda began in 1994. He was born a Tutsi which was the ethnicity targeted during the Genocide. Before this, Appolinaire had helped to pay for the school fees of one of his students and it was this student whose family hid him during the Genocide, helping him to escape and survive.

Var's journey

Var's journey

Var Ashe Houston was born in Cambodia and was 26 years old when the Khmer Rouge came to power in 1975.

Lily Ebert's Journey

Lily Ebert's Journey

Lily Ebert MBE was 20 when the Nazis deported her from her Hungarian hometown to Auschwitz. As part of our 2011 Hidden Histories project Lily talked about the gold pendant which remarkably survived the Camp with her.