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Certain groups and people were recognized as either Christian, Buddhist, or Muslim and this was able to lead them to get targeted. Overall people of different ethnic religions were recognized for being so. This sadly led to them getting targeted and labeled. People under the control of Khmer Rouge were labeled as “base people” the newer people were treated harshly and in 1976, people were reclassified as “full rights (base) people.”

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The Khmer Rouge gave people in the Eastern Zone a blue and white scarf. The Eastern Zone was where there was the most opposition and therefore were where the most massacres were.

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They were discriminated against and targeted those who were smart. “It was common for people to be shot for speaking a foreign language, wearing glasses, smiling, or crying” (“Discrimination” 7). They were also discriminated against for their religions and beliefs which led to them being targets.

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They were called ‘worms’ and ‘parasites.’ Cambodians were brought to farms and labor camps. They continued to work until they weren’t able to or if they weren’t needed anymore. Those who were not suited or did not want to leave were killed on the spot.

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They separated the families and the divided the groups into “old people” and “new people.” Every foreigner and foreign languages were said to be banned. Forms of communication and transportation were halted. Money and business were forbidden. Religion and health care were banned/eliminated and education was halted. This plan led Cambodia to be sealed off from the rest of the world.

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The Khmer Rouge used a series of dichotomies that would ultimately place an individual as either completely “us” or completely “them”. This us vs them mentality that was seen before is now back and in a much more radical and extremist fashion.

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People were separated into many groups going to camps to work there. They treated many people harshly and those who were sent to the camps were either constantly moved and killed in the process if unsatisfactory towards the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge also had access to weapons during this time and they had the technologies that were threats to the lives of people.

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Many people that were separated were forced to work under harsh conditions and this led to threats as well as many people dying from the environment that they had been put through while being used and mistreated. The Khmer Rouge had also persecuted those who were more educated and intelligent such as doctors or lawyers. This would have negatively affected the injured during the actual Extermination stage with injuries or ideas to calm the people down. Those such as doctors would be needed when it came to injuries or attacks from the group yet they were persecuted first leaving the people in a bad place.

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Khmer Rouge imposed a strict work regime that required both new and base people to work grueling hours, from dusk till dawn. Starvation was rampant and people had to resort to growing their own foods. There were hundreds of thousands that were executed in the regime, most of the people were class enemies and ethnic minorities. Several victims went through torture in the “Tuol Seng”. Christian and Buddhist groups were targeted but the Cham Muslim population was in the most danger, “As many as 500,000 people, or 70% of the total Cham population, were exterminated” (“Cambodia” 11).

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After the genocide, many had denied it by stating that Vietnam was the cause of the mass murder. Some also generally believed that they had done nothing wrong and that they still believe they accomplished the main goal of “cleansing” Cambodia.

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The Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot targeted Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, intellectuals (teachers, doctors, lawyers, clergy), educated middle class people, and people with glasses

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They were executed by being hit over the head with clubs or pickaxes, starved, and overworked.

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The Khmer Rouge wanted to create a ‘master race’ so they got rid of everyone who didn’t fit who they wanted in their ‘master race’. They wanted to create a communist-style agricultural society that was completely self-sufficient.

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Cambodia

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April 17, 1975 - January 7, 1979

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https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/the-khmer-rouge

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828

https://www.newmandala.org/how-the-khmer-rouge-dehumanised-their-enemies/

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-10684399

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http://exhibits.lib.usf.edu/items/show/390

https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/1987/03/14/Blue-Scarves-and-Yellow-Stars-Classification-and-Symbolization-in-the-Cambodian-Genocide

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/world/asia/khmer-rouge-cambodia-genocide.html

https://hmh.org/library/research/genocide-in-cambodia-guide/

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/world/asia/khmer-rouge-cambodia-genocide.html- Picture 1

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/04/17/follow-the-moon-cambodia-documentary- Picture 2

https://www.tribunal1965.org/en/the-cambodian-genocide/- Picture 3

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/cambodia-khmer-rouge-guilty-genocide-court-rules-181116043953706.html- Picture 4

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The pictures of who died during the Cambodian genocide.

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The people are standing in a line so that they soldiers could kill them.

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The skulls that were stored in a secret place of all of the people who died in the Cambodian genocide.

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This is Khmer Rouge. This is the leader of the Cambodian genocide.