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Translator’s Acknowledgments I would like to express my deep gratitude to Nobel Peace Prize nominee Juan Carrero Saralegui and the Fundació S’Olivar in Estellencs, Mallorca, for the grant that allowed me to begin the translation of this very important book. Juan Carrero and his organization have worked tirelessly and selflessly to ensure that all those involved in the massive human rights violations, both during and after the horrific events following the assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, will be brought to justice. Their work has been crucial to bringing a more complete and balanced understanding of this tragedy to a reluctant world community. Ivan Godfroid provided invaluable help by answering countless obscure questions about Rwanda, its history and its culture, and by ferreting out the identity of the mysterious STRIM. I would like to thank him for his patience and his dedication to the publication of this extraordinary book. In addition, many thanks to Derrick Kardos for his work on the maps, to Catharine Newbury for her helpful comments on the translation , to Ellie Fischbacher for her careful reading of the manuscript, and to Juan Carlos Valdovinos for his encouragement. I would also like to thank everyone at the University of Wisconsin Press for recognizing the importance of this book and working so hard to make its publication a reality. And finally I would like to express my admiration and gratitude to Marie Béatrice Umutesi for her strength, humanity, and courage, both in surviving her ordeal and in bearing witness to it. julia emerson xix ...

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