Pol Pot

Genocide is the deliberate and systematic murder of a certain group of people. Basically, the Cambodian genocide was the attempt of Pol Pot and his party, the Khmer Rouge to take over Cambodia and apply communist ideals to the country. The genocide started in 1975 and lasted until 1979 in Cambodia. According to Britannica Encyclopedia, the book Cambodia, ABC-Clio, Gale Reference Library, and the Yale website, more than 1 million people died by starvation, disease, overworking or even getting…

others to murder. Pol Pot is the reason the Cambodian Genocide happened, because he was the leader of the country at the time, he forced the Khmer Rouge to kill others, and he wanted to form a Communist peasant farming society. From 1956 to 1963, Pol Pot taught history, French literature, and geography at a private school while also plotting a revolution. In 1960 he joined and helped reorganize the communist Khmer People’s Revolutionary Party (KPRP). Three years later, Pol Pot begun…

if Pol Pot suspected someone for any reason he had them murdered, and their families. Minority groups were also targeted, like Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai, or if they were part of those groups. Half the Cham Muslim population was murdered, so were Buddhist Monks, and 8,000 Christians. Others who were targeted were the people who were sick or disabled, and if they were too old or too young. If they couldn’t move or they refused to leave they were killed. Pol Pot even had a statement…

genocide took place within the years of 1975-1979 under the ruler Pol Pot. Pol Pot lived within the region land of Cambodia and grew up as a working peasant, and was well liked during his youth by those within his country. Pol Pot also studied the ideology of Marxism during his youth and realized that under this ideology, his homeland could drive out those whom he believed should not be welcomed within the country. Therefore in 1953, Pol Pot returned to his homeland in which because of his…

structures Cambodia's government lacked stability. Starting in 1975 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge army took over Cambodia and started a communist country, while killing 25 percent of Cambodia's population(Pol). Through raising tensions between local countries and Cambodia, the Cambodian Killing Fields were considered to be one of the worst genocides in history that has lasting effects on Cambodia today. Background In 1969, Pol Pot had become the leader of the communist party in Cambodia. He…

all happen over night. It is true Cambodia was in a bad state and needed a reform but the fact that Pol Pot wanted the reform to occur in two years was what pushed him to act so radically. One thing that is very noticeable in the regime is that the things that he felt were bad in Capitalism and should be kept from the people he still did. To cover for it he created the name Angkar, so in a way Pol Pot, his family, and those he trusted most were divine and could hold on to their old lives and…

from the age of five to the age of nine. Loung Ung describes to the young readers her torturous, devastating life during the Khmer Rouge invasion of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Loung tries to inform the reader of how life was for the people during Pol Pot’s, the leader of the Angrakha, regime by stating her own life experience at the age of 5 but using the diction of an adult. Loung depicts the situations occurring, repeats phrases, and has flashbacks to transmit her irritation and grief to the…

The Cambodian Genocide and Holocaust: Comparison and Contrast The intentional killing of a large group of people, typically due to ethnicity, race or religion is known as genocide. In the Holocaust and Cambodian Genocide, many innocent people were murdered in hopes of a “perfect population”. The Holocaust began in 1933 in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power. Hitler and members of the National Socialist German Workers Party committed the massacre of genocide. The massacre was committed…

establishment under the leadership of Pol Pot, a radical socialist. Intellectuals were particularly targeted by the communist party in an attempt to create a classless society centered on agriculture. This concept is evident in the Khmer Rogue’s political ideology, that Cambodia was to become a Agrarian nation and have no western influence. The pursuit of this ideology significantly impacted numerous sectors of the Cambodian economy…

An emotional piece by Loung Ung, First They Killed My Father, recounts the brutality of the Khmer Rouge regime and how she and some members of her family survived the mass killings. The autobiography is told from Loung Ung’s point of view as an adult looking back at what happened from ages five to nine. The events of this tragedy happens in three parts: before the Khmer Rouge takeover, under the Khmer Rouge reign and life afterwards. While living under Khmer Rouge regime, Ung tells of life in…