Analysis Of The Cambodian Genocide

The Cambodian Genocide happened between 1975 and 1979, this directly relates to the Holocaust because of how cruel and inhumane this particular genocide was. What was so awful about this genocide is that the government that was in place, the Khmer Rouge, forced millions of people out of their homes and into the wilderness. People were also forced to work in terrible conditions in labor camps. This relates to the forced labor and heartless treatment of the Jews that the Nazis perpetrated. The group that instigated this genocide was the Khmer Rouge, they rose to power from the Americans constantly bombing Cambodia and killing up to 750,000 Cambodians, thus driving people to flock to this guerrilla force because they wanted to change the Cambodian government that was allowing the US to bomb Cambodia. They ended up overthrowing the Lon Nol Government and the Khmer Rouge could put their Maoist and Stalinist plan into action. They were also partially backed by the Chinese government to help put more communist governments into place. The plan they put in action made it illegal to have any normal freedoms. The Cambodian …show more content…
The first parallel is that the Khmer Rouge and the Nazis both forced their citizens out of their own homes and into work camps or Ghettos. The second parallel is that both governments targeted a religious group. The Khmer Rouge targeted Buddhists and the Nazis targeted the Jews. For both the Jews and the Buddhists, their temples were destroyed and they were forced into labor camps, and eventually died from execution or starvation. The Khmer Rouge targeted other various Asian groups, whereas the Nazis targeted the Jews. Both groups had their own prejudices against various ethnic groups so that is another parallel that could be drawn. These parallels make these groups quite similar in racial and religious