The logic behind genocide at its point of incandescence: infanticide.

The genocide against the Tutsi resulted in hundreds of thousands of victims and upended social and familial ties. To the extent that some Hutu mothers killed their own children, identified as Tutsi. Here, the massacres are seen through the prism of this unheard of crime. Bringing together testimony from survivors, judicial archives, and interviews with incarcerated criminals, this investigation questions the place and role of women in genocide, revealing some of its fundamental inner workings.