Yekatit 12 Event in Harlem Remembers Fascist War Crimes in EthiopiaThe Yekatit 12 monument in Addis Ababa. The violent campaign was waged in retaliation for the attempted assassination of Rodolfo Graziani, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s top Ethiopia enforcer, by Abrham Deboch and Moges Asgedom. Ethiopians eventually won the war, but not before the war criminal Graziani left a permanent mark with his wanton brutality now remembered by Ethiopians as the Yekatit 12 massacre. “This historically forgotten genocide perpetrated against Ethiopians took place during 1935-41.”The event is scheduled to be held on February 18th at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building in Harlem. ECMAA says the gathering will feature speakers including Professor Getatchew Haile and Dr. Habtamu Tegegne as well as selected Amharic poetry readings.

Source: Ethiopian News February 02, 2018 21:33 UTC