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Paul Rusesabagina
born 1954
Sheltered over 1,200 people at the Hôtel des Mille Collines
Landmark is level 2 of 4 in the Rwanda Hall of Fame: a first that opened a door, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A hotel manager who sheltered more than twelve hundred people during the 1994 genocide, including his own family — the story told in Hotel Rwanda.
In 1994 Paul Rusesabagina, the Hutu manager of a luxury hotel in Kigali, sheltered over 1,200 people including his Tutsi wife and their children, while extremists killed more than 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu in a hundred days.
His later relationship with the Rwandan government has been bitterly contested, including his imprisonment and eventual release.
His later relationship with the Rwandan government has been bitterly contested, including his imprisonment and eventual release.
- PBS NewsHour — Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina arrested
- NPR — Paul Rusesabagina and his daughter criticize the government
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