IN MEMORIAM OF THE VICTIMS OF GONDAR
Thou mighty Melaku Tefera
the devil's youngest brother
have mercy on my childtoday
I will not give birth next time.
The grief of mothers, the sorrow of fathers, the eulogies of brothers and sisters, and the plight of an entire community has been echoing in the compounds of numerous churches and mosques for three decades. So many brilliant youngsters with passionate hearts had perished. An entire community was emotionally, mentally and physically mutilated. Like many other Ethiopian cities, this happened in the late seventies in the vibrant city of Gondar. Major Melaku Tefera was a member of the Military junta regime and the governor of Gondar. He was feared as the very personification of devil. He had shattered many lives, ruined many families and wrecked many hopes at his whim with no mercy to anyone.
The following is the list of young men and women who were victims of madness, cruelty and insanity of Major Melaku. Many of the victims were killed as a result of summary execution, random shooting, torture, amputation, hanging and other cruel ways. Their bodies were sprinkled with lime and buried in mass graves.
We the family members and friends of the victims of the ‘Red Terror’ wish to honor our fallen brothers and sisters at the news of the verdict against Major Melaku. Our brothers and sisters though departed by the vile of the wicked are still our shining angels. We have glorified their death in the victory of good over evil. They did not perish in vain; neither was shamed by the coward flight of their fanatic mentors.
Even though Major Melaku’s death sentence will not bring back the dead; nor will it remove the scars of the wounds of the tortured, we would like to remember the fallen youngsters not with a bitter heart of retribution but with the memory of their ideals for a new era of freedom, hope, justice, equality and prosperity in Ethiopia.
Good bless their soul
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Few among the many Victims of Melaku Tefera terror campaign during the early seventies in Gondar and surrounding Cities |
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Abaye Araya |
Student, Gonder |
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Abaye dimitsu |
Gonder |
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Abebaw Mekonen |
Gonder |
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Abebaw Dessie |
Gonder |
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Abebaw Tesgaye |
Student, Azezo |
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Abebe Asres |
Azezo town |
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Abebe Atske |
Debark town tortured to death |
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Abrah Berhane |
Azezo town |
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Addisu Negash |
Debark/Student |
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Agegn G. Yohanes |
Gonder Kebele 1 |
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Alamerew Belay |
Student, Azezo |
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Alamin Kassim |
Gonder Kebele 9 |
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Asmamaw Mengistie |
Tikil Dingay, Armachiho |
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City/Occupation |
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Basha Zewdu Teferi |
Azezo town |
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Berhanu Hailu |
Student, Azezo |
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Biru Ayelegne |
Student, Azezo |
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Bogale Mulu |
Lay Armachio |
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Captain Berhane |
Debark county Adm. Publicly hanged at a market place |
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Cherent Gude |
Azezo town |
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Dawit G.Yesus |
Azezo town |
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Desalegn Lakew |
Azezo town |
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Desalegn Yilake & brother |
Gonder Kebele 1 |
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Desse Geleye |
Student,Azezo |
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Eyayu Berhan |
Student Kebele 7 |
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Eyassu Debessay |
Gonder Public Health College |
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Eyayaye Tsihaye |
Gonder Kebele 1 |
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Eyayu Sertsu |
Gondar/Piazza |
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Fantu Gelaw Teacher |
Dabat , Teacher |
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Fekade Getahun |
Azezo town |
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Fekade Tesgaye |
Student, Azezo |
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Fentahune Abegaz |
Gonder Kebele 1 |
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Fiseha Sirak |
Student, Gonder |
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