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    taken place around the world, including the Holocaust, Armenia, and Bosnia. There are also devastations that not so many people know about, or have even heard of. The Cambodian Genocide is a mystery to many, being it isn’t widely researched. The killing fields of Cambodia “(1975-1979)” (Krkljes, 2015) are where Pol Pot and his authoritarian government committed a mass murder. The Khmer Rouge knew that knowledge is power, which is why they mainly focused on “exterminating” the “educated.” There…

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    Pol Pot Propaganda

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    Cambodians out of a total population of 7 to 8 million died of starvation, execution, disease or overwork.’ (HIstory.com Staff, 2009). The period of the Khmer warfare is the most remarkable moment of Cambodia’s history. It is also the most catastrophic one. The cultural and civil background of the monarchy and republican eras was suppressed by the Khmer communist regime. During this period Cambodia’s expressive heritage nearly disappear, not only theoretically but part of the population, mostly…

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    In 1975 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge took control of the Cambodian Government and established a communist government. When the Khmer Rouge took control Pol Pot declared that 1975 was “year zero” would set the Cambodian Calders to year zero. During the time the Khmer Rouge was in control the government started the Cambodian Genocide. In which the government targeted Buddhist monks, intellectuals, officials from the “old” regime, and enemies of the state. The government attacked monks because…

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    Cambodia Genocide Essay

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    genocides. Even in today’s current era, there are people trying to eliminate certain races in several countries. Among these genocides of the past, is a country in Southeast Asia called Cambodia. In the 1960’s, this fairly large country that is roughly the size of Oklahoma, had a population of over 7 million people. The country was full of educators and successful people, until the uprising of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge on April 17, 1975. The Khmer Rouge, formerly known as the Communists Party…

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    celebrating the end of war and the promise of a fresh start. Their celebrations lasted less than a day. On April 17th, 1975, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, invaded Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh, and citizens were forced into the countryside. This marked the start of one of the worst periods in Cambodia’s history; the Cambodian Genocide. Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge, a communist political party in Cambodia, led by Pol Pot refused to compromise their extreme beliefs. These radical…

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    True Cambodia Case Study

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    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 reign were those that were trying to “sabotage” his communistic policies that he had planned for the country’s future and conjure this idea that those people…

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    When a person dies, it can be heart breaking. But when a few people die, it can be devastating. Together Saddam Hussein and Pol Pot has slaughtered over 2,300,000 people because of their political and religious views. Anyone who opposed them were killed. Saddam Hussein believed in secularism which is the belief that rejects religion while Pol Pot believed in a communist society. Because of their views, these men did everything in their power to make sure their dreams were accomplished and…

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    Townie Essay The phenomenon known as “diaspora” is the dispersion of people exiled from their homeland by war, famine, and other hardships to other places. While Andre Dubus III did not experience a slaughtering of his people, he certainly experienced hardship living in poverty in the pre-upswing “Queen Slipper City of the World” of Haverhill, Massachusetts in the seventies and eighties. Dubus said in his talk that when the first left the city as a young adult that he swore to never come back…

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    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…

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    As every day passed, people dreaded the following day. As every day passed, more and more humans were considered a disease or plague by and then they believed so. As every day passed, the injustice and cruelty of the world were seen by the millions that had no freedom or voice. Those days turned into weeks and months of unbearable hatred, discrimination, and murder known as a genocide. A genocide is a mass murder directed towards a certain group of people based on hatred, prejudice and clashing…

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