The Massacre of the Sixty, or Black Saturday (Amharic: ጥቁሩ ቅዳሜ, tikuru kidame), was an execution that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, commissioned by the Derg government against 60 imprisoned former government officials at Kerchele Prison on the morning of November 23, 1974. The prison was commonly called Alem Bekagn – "Farewell to the World." The massacre presaged the Red Terror and Ethiopian Civil War that would follow in the years to come. The Red Terror, called Qey Shibir in Amharic, refers to a period of violent insurrection, political upheaval, and government-sponsored killings.

 

Memory of the Martyrs serves as a scholarly site to digitize the information related to the lives and legacy of the Red Terror Martyrs. Though it is only the tip of the iceberg when honoring the lives lost in the Red Terror years, it pays homage to the sacrifice that Ethiopia’s top government officials made for their country, although killed by it.