Jean Hatzfeld > Quotes

“...and my eyes no longer gaze the same on the face of the world.”
― Jean Hatzfeld, Machete Season

“The truth is not believable to someone who has not lived it in his muscles.”
― Jean Hatzfeld, Machete Season

“Keeping silent blocks both judgment and change.”
― Jean Hatzfeld, Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak

“In the beginning, deep in the papyrus, we hoped help would come. But God Himself showed that He had forgotten us, so all the more reason for the Whites to do the same.”
― Jean Hatzfeld, Life Laid Bare: The Survivors in Rwanda Speak

“What happened in Nyamata, in the churches, in the marshes and on the hills, were the abnormal actions of perfectly normal people. Here's why I say that. The principal and the inspector of schools in my district joined in the killings with nail-studded clubs. Two teachers, colleagues with whom I used to share beers and student evaluations, pitched in to help, so to speak. A priest, the mayor, the assistant chief of police, a doctor - they all killed with their own hands.”
― Jean Hatzfeld, Life Laid Bare: The Survivors in Rwanda Speak