Ametsegna_Washa

Ametsegna Washa

Ametsegna Washa

Ethiopian Cave, site of a massacre

Ametsegna Washa, also known as the "Cave of the Rebel"[1] and "The Cave of Zeret",[2] is a cavern located near the village of Zeret in Ethiopia.[3] The cave was the location of the Massacre of Gaia Zeret, a massacre of 2500 Ethiopians in 1939 during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

References

  1. [1]
    Wehrey, Frederic. "In the Cave of the Rebel | Frederic Wehrey". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  2. [2]
    Ayferam, Gashaw (January 2015). "Ametsegna Washa, the cave of the last battle of the Italo-Ethiopian war; Guerrilla Fighting against Fascism and Colonialism during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War". International Journal of Science and Engineering. 1 (1): 1–16 – via ResearchGate.
  3. [3]
    Dominioni, Matteo (2006). "Etiopia 11 aprile 1939 La strage segreta di Zeret" (PDF). Italia Contemporanea. 243: 287–302 – via reteparri.it.


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