Genocide There are many reasons for genocide which caused execution and deaths, made by the methods of the leaders. Genocide is deliberately killing a large group of people, and it exist in all over the globe (Winckelmann 8-9). During the second World War, the Holocaust was in constant move. The Holocaust was of the biggest genocides ever. In fewer than five years, Hitler and the Germans had killed over half the Jews in Europe (Winckelmann 34). By the time Hitler died, over ten million Jews had died in the Nazi camps (Winckelmann 34). After WWII and the Holocaust had ended, the United Nations drew up its convention on genocide. There were numerous reasons for the genocide in Cambodia. When the North Vietnamese used the Cambodian border
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Any Angkas that were thought to be a threat, were executed for the smallest infraction (Ung 54). During this time of the killing, approximately 1.5 million people were murdered by the neglect of the Khmer Rouge (Marshall).This genocide was one of the biggest mass killings of the twentieth century (Winckelmann 35). Within three years of Pol Pot’s reorganization of Cambodia, hundreds of thousands of Cambodians were dying of starvation and disease (Bergin 36). Elderly people were suffering from mistreatment and deprivation (Bergin 34). Some of the people that were put in the camps were too sick or weak to work; this means that the Khmer Rouge saw them fit to be killed (Winckelmann 38) . Other than sickness there was also many men and women being murdered using knives, axes, and even bamboo sticks. The genocide ended in 1976 after driving Pol Pot’s forces out of power …show more content…
He was the the leader of one of the most barbarous regimes of all time; the Khmer Rouge (Marshall). Pol Pot became leader of Cambodia on April 7, 1975 and also served as prime minister (Winckelmann 36). He led the Khmer Rouge on one of the biggest genocides. Pol Pot started what was called “year zero,” this he would start forcing citizens to be reeducated in his “new way of life (Winckelmann 37).” He wanted to achieve a total self-sufficiency within his four years, which he didn’t completely succeed (Bergin 31). In 1998, before his seventy-third birthday, Pol Pot died. He was very convinced that he did everything for the Cambodia and its people (Bergin 48). Pol Pot was never convicted for for all the murders he had
Any Angkas that were thought to be a threat, were executed for the smallest infraction (Ung 54). During this time of the killing, approximately 1.5 million people were murdered by the neglect of the Khmer Rouge (Marshall).This genocide was one of the biggest mass killings of the twentieth century (Winckelmann 35). Within three years of Pol Pot’s reorganization of Cambodia, hundreds of thousands of Cambodians were dying of starvation and disease (Bergin 36). Elderly people were suffering from mistreatment and deprivation (Bergin 34). Some of the people that were put in the camps were too sick or weak to work; this means that the Khmer Rouge saw them fit to be killed (Winckelmann 38) . Other than sickness there was also many men and women being murdered using knives, axes, and even bamboo sticks. The genocide ended in 1976 after driving Pol Pot’s forces out of power …show more content…
He was the the leader of one of the most barbarous regimes of all time; the Khmer Rouge (Marshall). Pol Pot became leader of Cambodia on April 7, 1975 and also served as prime minister (Winckelmann 36). He led the Khmer Rouge on one of the biggest genocides. Pol Pot started what was called “year zero,” this he would start forcing citizens to be reeducated in his “new way of life (Winckelmann 37).” He wanted to achieve a total self-sufficiency within his four years, which he didn’t completely succeed (Bergin 31). In 1998, before his seventy-third birthday, Pol Pot died. He was very convinced that he did everything for the Cambodia and its people (Bergin 48). Pol Pot was never convicted for for all the murders he had