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    Cambodian Genocide Causes

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    knowing that they would not be able to survive, the KR killed about 400,000 victims, just on these marches (292). The Vietnamese were also the reason the genocide was brought to an end. On December 25, 1978, the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia and seized Phnom Penh in just two weeks. The KR fled to hiding spots along the border and that was the end of the genocide…

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    Genocide In Cambodia

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    the Cambodia’s Government was being seized by the Khmer Rouge. The third genocide in world history was about to begin. It happened in Cambodia, this country is located in the continent of Asia, it is also the 90th largest nation. Their Capital is Phnom Penh. This country has been independent from France since 1953, it also shares land borders with three other countries. Thailand, Vietnam, and Lao People’s Democratic Republic Now, who are the Khmer Rouge? They were a communist group that took…

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    made to wear black garments. This year is coined by the Khmer Rouge as “Year Zero”, the year that would restart the culture and society of Cambodia before destroying all known history of the Buddhist state. The Khmer Rouge ‘cleansed’ the city of Phnom Penh of any belongings, technology, or ideas of western decent and/or origin; electricity, cars, power lines, phones, archival materials were all demolished. The Khmer Rouge also went through the city and purged people in what is seen as mass…

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    Cambodian Genocide Essay

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    PROPOSED ROPOSED CAUSES AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS OF THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE “... a Kampuchea which is independant, unified, peaceful, neutral, non-aligned, with sovereignty over its territorial integrity, in a society in which happiness, equality, justice, and true democracy reign, without rich or poor, without exploiting class or exploited class, a society in which the entire people lives in harmony and great national unity and bands together to contribute to the production effort and, together…

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    So, the state controlled everything in a person’s life. The Khmer Rouge evacuated Phnom Penh by forcing all of the residents to leave behind everything they had and march towards their countryside. They created “Year Zero,” meaning, they set the calendars back in order to change and make a new Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot did this…

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    Pol Pot Summary

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    cameras, radios, books, or currency, they were immediately stripped of them. The Khmer Rouge believed that tangible items such as these were imperialistic and was the very idea of what the Khmer Rouge desired to eradicate. When the citizens of Phnom Penh reached the countryside, they would be forced to write autobiographies stating their family histories, childhoods,…

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    years of turmoil. After 7 years of struggle, Cambodia was 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…

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    “Although one of the key justifications for the Vietnam war was to prevent the spread of communism, the U.S. defeat was to produce nothing of the kind: apart from the fact that Cambodia and Laos became embroiled, the effects were essentially confined to Vietnam”. This is a famous speaker of Martin Jacques, a famous editor, academic, author in England. This quote tells us about problems of Cambodia after Vietnam war, Cambodia was controlled by Khmer Rouge, a communist group from 1975-1979. Many…

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    the Khmer Rouge took part in, They classified the people of Cambodia into young and old, educated and uneducated, rich and poor, communist supporters and non-communist supporters. The symbolization used to distinguish the Cambodian civilians in Phnom Penh is the infamous blue scarf. Those who wore glasses were killed directly because the KR believed that glasses symbolized class enemies, which goes against what the KR stood for - communism and the end of the oppressing…

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    Cambodian Genocide Essay

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    CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE The Khmer Rouge were cambodians communist took control of the Cambodian government in 1975, they strived to make the country into a communist agrarian utopia. In reality, they emptied the cities and evacuated millions of people to labor camps where they were starved and abused. Teachers and doctors and very smart people, as well as monks and the rich anyone else in that position of having wealth were torchered and killed. It is estimated that between 1.7 and 2 million…

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