The Khmer Rouge’s Rule of Cambodia
Is humankind capable of creating another genocide? It was April 17th, 1975 shots were being fired, people running away, it dawned on everyone that the Cambodia’s Government was being seized by the Khmer Rouge. The third genocide in world history was about to begin.
It happened in Cambodia, this country is located in the continent of Asia, it is also the 90th largest nation. Their Capital is Phnom Penh. This country has been independent from France since 1953, it also shares land borders with three other countries. Thailand, Vietnam, and Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Now, who are the Khmer Rouge? They were a communist group that took over the Cambodian Government …show more content…
The Government is still hated today, the past year saw determined and often violent efforts by the government led by their prime minister. The population is mixed “Cambodians” and “Khmer”. Many Cambodians suffer from the loss of family members during the Cambodian genocide, many use the day April 17th to day to honor the dead and tell their stories. Although there were many deaths, there were also many survivors, This small passage is from a man, a survivor, his name is Sisowath Doung Chanto, he tells the saddening story of how his father was executed by the Khmer Rouge. “My father was one of the million victims who were killed by the Khmer Rouge genocide politics. Up to this today I cannot comprehend the reason for the execution of my father and other millions of my fellow countrymen. My father was not a man of politics nor was he a criminal by any means. As a far as I can remember, he was a family man like any other Cambodian men in the country. He was a loving and caring father. A great protector and provider for his family and for those worked in his shipping company. He was a patriotic man. He did not abandon Cambodia during the 1970-75 civil war because he wished to devoted his energy and resource for the reconstruction of the country after the war. Unfortunately, his patriotism was not greeted with gratitude but it was received by punishment than execution.The brutality of his punishment was so extreme that even the executioner himself could not speak of it without shock. My mother got the chance to find the executioner in 1985 eight year after my father's execution. According to this Khmer Rouge cadre, named Met Chan, who was personally involved with the interrogation of my father described
Is humankind capable of creating another genocide? It was April 17th, 1975 shots were being fired, people running away, it dawned on everyone that the Cambodia’s Government was being seized by the Khmer Rouge. The third genocide in world history was about to begin.
It happened in Cambodia, this country is located in the continent of Asia, it is also the 90th largest nation. Their Capital is Phnom Penh. This country has been independent from France since 1953, it also shares land borders with three other countries. Thailand, Vietnam, and Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Now, who are the Khmer Rouge? They were a communist group that took over the Cambodian Government …show more content…
The Government is still hated today, the past year saw determined and often violent efforts by the government led by their prime minister. The population is mixed “Cambodians” and “Khmer”. Many Cambodians suffer from the loss of family members during the Cambodian genocide, many use the day April 17th to day to honor the dead and tell their stories. Although there were many deaths, there were also many survivors, This small passage is from a man, a survivor, his name is Sisowath Doung Chanto, he tells the saddening story of how his father was executed by the Khmer Rouge. “My father was one of the million victims who were killed by the Khmer Rouge genocide politics. Up to this today I cannot comprehend the reason for the execution of my father and other millions of my fellow countrymen. My father was not a man of politics nor was he a criminal by any means. As a far as I can remember, he was a family man like any other Cambodian men in the country. He was a loving and caring father. A great protector and provider for his family and for those worked in his shipping company. He was a patriotic man. He did not abandon Cambodia during the 1970-75 civil war because he wished to devoted his energy and resource for the reconstruction of the country after the war. Unfortunately, his patriotism was not greeted with gratitude but it was received by punishment than execution.The brutality of his punishment was so extreme that even the executioner himself could not speak of it without shock. My mother got the chance to find the executioner in 1985 eight year after my father's execution. According to this Khmer Rouge cadre, named Met Chan, who was personally involved with the interrogation of my father described