Machete Season

Hatzfeld argues that the Rwandan Genocide was similar to the Holocaust. Discuss and include specific examples for comparison. Also point out important ways that the two atrocities differ.

Once the killing started, the gang kept returning each day to keep killing. What reasons do they give for continuing to kill? Does Hatzfeld find some of these reasons more convincing than others?

What did the Hutu women do during the genocide? Were they as guilty of charges of genocide as their husbands?