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Debre Libanos 1937 - The Most Serious War Crime Suffered by Ethiopia (Hardcover)
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Debre Libanos 1937 - The Most Serious War Crime Suffered by Ethiopia (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Italy
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This volume calls attention to the worst massacre of Christians
that has occurred on the African continent, a 1937 attack on the
monastic village of Debre Libanos that has previously been hidden
from public knowledge. Between 20 and 29 May 1937, about 2000 monks
and pilgrims, considered "conniving" in the attack on the fascist
Italian viceroy Rodolfo Graziani, were killed in Ethiopia. The
attack on Debre Libanos, the most famous sanctuary of Ethiopian
Christianity, far exceeded the logic of a strictly military
operation. It represented the apex of wide-ranging repressive
action, aimed at crushing the Ethiopian resistance and striking at
the heart of the Christian tradition for its historical link with
the imperial power of the Negus. Although known to scholars, the
episode was totally removed from national historical memory. Now
available in English, this book's analysis of the events
culminating in the massacre, including the cover-up afterward, is a
necessary record for scholars of European colonialism, Christian
history, and colonial Africa.
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