- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Transliteration
- Glossary and Explanatory Note
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Background
- 2 The Trigger
- 3 An Hour of Mayhem
- 4 Death in the Afternoon
- 5 Carta Bianca
- 6 The Second Day
- 7 The Third Day
- 8 The Aftermath
- 9 Roman Justice
- 10 The Reckoning
- 11 The Cover-Up
- 12 Reflections
- Epilogue
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Appendix III
- Appendix IV
- Appendix V
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Death in the Afternoon
Death in the Afternoon
- Chapter:
- (p.91) 4 Death in the Afternoon
- Source:
- The Addis Ababa Massacre
- Author(s):
Ian Campbell
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter focuses on the curfew declared by the Italians one hour after the attack on Graziani, the arrests and detention of Ethiopians that followed, and atrocities carried out by Blackshirts and Fascist civilians in Addis Ababa during the course of the afternoon. An account is also provided of the siege laid to the city by the Italian military, deploying armored cars, tanks, and the Italian Air Force. The chapter provides information on the establishment of temporary detention camps, based on the testimony of eye witnesses.
Keywords: detention camps, Blackshirts, Camicie Nere, Temesgen Gebre, Tekle Maryam Kiflom, Municipality Office, Menelik Mausoleum, Albert Bodard, Carabinieri
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Transliteration
- Glossary and Explanatory Note
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Background
- 2 The Trigger
- 3 An Hour of Mayhem
- 4 Death in the Afternoon
- 5 Carta Bianca
- 6 The Second Day
- 7 The Third Day
- 8 The Aftermath
- 9 Roman Justice
- 10 The Reckoning
- 11 The Cover-Up
- 12 Reflections
- Epilogue
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Appendix III
- Appendix IV
- Appendix V
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index