Cambodia

whole world knew what was happening in the concentration camps, but did nothing (Elie para 20). A contribution he made was when, Wiesel spoke out on behalf of Soviet Jews, victims of apartheid, victims of famine in Africa and victims of genocide in Cambodia, Bosnia and Darfur, amongst others (Elie para 12). After all that Elie Wiesel had done for Jews and other groups he was eventually rewarded. Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 (Elie para 13). Due to all of Elie s…

Song Analysis for First They Killed my Father In Phnom Penh a little girl named Loung and her family had to leave everything behind because of the Khmer Rouge soldiers. Loung Ung wrote a book of her life in Cambodia and three themes for the book are confusion, pain, and hope. This book is called First They Killed My Father and the song I chose that goes with the book is called Gone too soon by Daughtry. For the song I choose three parts from the book. The parts include when Loung had memories…

I attended the Not My Life film showing on 11/17. The film was about human trafficking, and the horrors of it as well as the stories of some survivors. Some of the horrors that the victims are sold into range from prostitution to labor. The victims are usually children, and these horrors not only take place in third-world countries, but also right here in the United States, as was the case with Angie. Angie was one of the survivors of human trafficking, more specifically prostitution, and she…

Imagine being on the run for fourteen days, no food, no water and no stopping. Your running until the point where your legs become numb, and you cannot take the flaming taste of a dry mouth and burning bleeding lips. This is exactly what happened to a young man who was forced to flee a genocide in Myanmar, just last year. Good morning 8A and Ms. Cosman. Today, I am here to talk about the significance of the two words never forget. It is crucial that we never forget the Holocaust so that we can…

The camps were supposed to be kept a secret, but that was hardly impossible because of the scale of jewish killings. The heaviest deportation was 300,00 people in the summer and fall of 1942. Similar in amount of murders, The Killing Fields of Cambodia had rapid death rates. Of just a period of 4 years, more than 1.7 million Cambodians lost their lives in the hands of Khmer Rouge. Khmer Rouge had money, free markets, normal schooling, private schooling, and etc. abolished. Traditional black…

several locations through out the world. Cambodia, United States, Norway and the United Kingdom are there main locations. Hope for Justice, recognizes that human trafficking takes on many faces depending on what region of the world they are in and that is something I think is so crucial and vital in ensuring the efficacy of an NGO seeking to make real societal change. With principal tenets they practice: Rescue, Restore, and Reform, Hope…

Chum Mey was a mechanic, who worked in the capital city of Cambodia. On October 28, 1978, he was sent to the Tuol Sleng prison. In fact, it was used more for torturing people rather than actually punishing someone for committing a crime. Chum was beaten and interrogated because they accused him of being a spy. Although he never was a spy, he still confessed just to make the torture stop. However, the only reason he survived after confessing was because of his skills as a mechanic. Furthermore,…

together to pay respects to the deceased, Buddha’s name is put to the side of Christian hymns. (Gutradt176) Although, a few of the children used to go to Christian services, known as church and Wayne his self was a Christian when he first came to Cambodia, he never saw it as his place to change people, it was only to love them and care for their needs. And over the years, he stop calling himself a Christian, but was introduced to a universal life force. Wayne still prayed even though he moved…

Introduction Nazi Germany was a place full of racism, and hate with the German people starving and looking for someone to blame for them losing the Great War (Kramer). Many may believe that racism has ended, but unfortunately it still exists. Along with genocide which seems to be forgotten over the years. However, there are genocides still taking place in our world today (United to End Genocide). The Jewish Holocaust was started due to racism and hatred even though Judaism is a religion leading…

In Southeast Asia a majority of people can barely afford 3 meals a day. In countries such as Cambodia people can work for hours and hours just to be barely paid. People can save their money in banks only to find them empty and others must experience through immense poverty since their government contains an immense lust for money and power. A plethora of causes of poverty exists in our world and people loathe them. Loans commonly and predominant cause poverty , whether they are student loans…