Khmer Rouge

After the Cambodian-Vietnamese war, he took control of Cambodia under a totalitarian dictatorship. An estimated two million people died during the Khmer Rouge. Pol Pot’s goal was to wipe out the educated, wealthy classes in Cambodia because they did not agree with his views. For the Keo and Ham families’ escape, they spent years devising a plan. During their time in the camps and hiding in the jungle…

that there was no possible way for Cambodians to communicate the horrors that were taking place as the entire population was being used as a sort of slave labor, the Khmer Rouge ideology had prevailed throughout Cambodia and it was time to ethnically cleanse the country and reestablish the “True Cambodia” of old, for the Khmer Rouge this meant the total abolishment of any “Western Influence” which meant policies and social. Some argue that the specific group that was targeted during Pol Pot’s…

help of a local representative and his friend Dith Pran. He report on the some of the chaos and tragedy of the War in Cambodia. After the American Military withdraw from the War the communist and non-communist Khmer begun fighting for power. The communist Khmer were killing the Khmer Rouge and individuals who are…

The non-fiction book First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers written by Loung Ung recounts of her and family’s experiences during the Khmer Rouge. Many families such as Ung 's family had to evacuate their homes and from that point on had to strategize for their survival. Survivors of the Khmer Rouge used several tactics in order to stay alive and/or keep their remaining family members alive. One strategy survivors used was lying about their identity/background because that…

The Cambodian Genocide The “Killing Fields” of Cambodia, the most common name for the genocide that killed approximately two million, 1.7 million to be more exact, Cambodians. The “Killing Fields” of Cambodia needs to be kept in mind, like every other genocide for the same exact reasons. It is of import to learn and remember why and what happened, reactions of other countries, and how it is looked upon today, to learn how to avoid cases like this in the future and how to prepare for them in…

her down as she went on to survive the wrath of the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge started a takeover of the country in 1975 to revert it back to its agrarian roots. In this time, millions of Cambodians were killed and displaced. In the book, First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, Ung explores the idea of loss to develop the theme that loss is a part…

themselves, and because of that, many people died. However, many found reasoning to be furious, specifically in the fact that they had previously had to live in very tough conditions before Khmer Rouge went into power. On page 18, Pa says, “.....these people are destroyers of things,” when referencing the soldiers of Khmer Rouge. The people of Ro Leap symbolized bitterness to change, and a lot of arrogance. A theme could also be pulled from the symbols given to the people of Ro Leap, which is…

destruction was concentration camps where they would be overworked, starved and fatigued. At the death camps humans of every age would be gassed and would die. The Cambodian Genocide differed from the Holocaust by the way of extermination. The Khmer Rouge caused Cambodians to have forced labor, where the farmers couldn’t have any of the food they made. If anyone ate the food they grew or didn’t meet the expectations demanded of them, they would be shot on the spot. Ethnic minorities, including…

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Genocide, on the other hand, is just as significant. From 1975 to 1979, the Cambodian genocide took place during the Khmer Rouge regime. The leader of the Khmer Rouge was Pol Pot, whose ultimate goal was to shift Cambodia into a “utopia”. In order to achieve this goal, Pol Pot had his soldiers propel people out of their homes into working fields. During the process, the Khmer Rouge slaughtered thousands of Cambodians with the majority being “new people”. The “new people” were intellectuals and…