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The massacre in the Rwandan town of Nyamata began at 11 a. M. On April 11, 1994 and lasted until 2 p. M. On May 14. Every day during this period, from 9:30 am to 4 pm, Hutu militiamen and civilians massacred Tutsis on the hills of Nyamata. There were approximately 60,000 Tutsis in the area, and nearly 50,000 died under the butcher's knife. In this massacre, the murderer and the murdered were no strangers to each other. They live on the same land and are neighbors, colleagues, friends, lovers and even family members. Some Hutus had been drinking and chatting with their Tutsi friends the day before, but overnight, they picked up butcher knives and started massacring all Tutsis in an organized manner. Some Tutsis went into swamps, woods and mountains, escaping like prey from hunters every day. They ate raw food, drank dew during the day, and slept in mud at night. They managed to survive until the massacre was over. However, when they returned to the town, they found that the executioner had not received the punishment he deserved. They had to continue to live with these Hutus as before... What exactly happened during the massacre? Why did the Hutus massacre the Tutsis like this? How should they continue to live after the massacre? With these questions in mind, Hartsfield came to Rwanda and lived among the locals. After fourteen years of visits and investigations, he interviewed many survivors and mass murderers, trying to restore the truth of the massacre from multiple angles and understand this human catastrophe that has occurred in our era.