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1. Classification
- The 'Us' were the people with the government and the government itself. The government then defined the 'Them' as people who weren't indigenous to Cambodia, and that citizens of Cambodia had tainted by these outside Ideas, especially by the capitalized west.
They also classified anyone who was in opposition to the government, which was mostly educated people. Many religious and ethnic groups were also persecuted, such as Buddhists.

2. Symbolization- Eric Yu
-The Khmer Rouge classified by religion and ethnic group, The new people were marked for heavier labor, less food, and harsh treatment. In addition, people from the Eastern zone were given blue and white scarves to wear.

3. Discrimination
- The Khmer Rouge regime targeted various ethnic groups during the genocide, forcibly relocating minority groups, and banned the use of minority languages. The Khmer Rouge also banned the existence of ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese, Muslim Cham, and 20 other minorities, which altogether constituted 15% of the population before the Khmer Rouge.

4. Dehumanization
-  Patients in hospitals in the middle of operations were forced to leave, and to die. Women in labor were made to get up and walk and their new babies died in the hot sun. A whole infant ward at the Calmette Hospital was abandoned when the Khmer Rouge forced the people working there to leave.

5. Organization
- The Cambodian government started separating children from adults and separating families. They also classified "old people", who were considered to be peasants. As well as the "new people", who were considered to be city dwellers. With this, the Khmer Rouge gave better treatment to the "old people".

6. Polarization
- People were sent to live in communes to be reeducated and were divided based on how much trust the Khmer Rouge could trust them. The most trusted were "old citizens", and people who supported the West and city dwellers were "new citizens". "New citizens" could move up to "deportees", next "candidates", and finally "full rights citizens". Most "new citizens" however, did not move up. - Eric Yu
-The Khmer Rouge separated families, children, and adults. In the Tuol Sleng prison, they documented and photographed prisoners. They organized the people further into children, young adults, and elders.
- Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge began spreading propaganda. They handed out a Little Red book filled with propaganda. Some of the quotes from it include:

"You can arrest someone by mistake; never release him by mistake." (p. 208)

"Better to kill an innocent by mistake than spare an enemy by mistake." (p. 209)
"Better to arrest ten innocent people by mistake than free a single guilty party." (p.209)

7. Preparation
The Khmer Rouge forced an evacuation of Phnom Penh. This is urbicide to the area. (intentional attempts to destroy or annihilate a city). "Killing a city" or urbicide gave the Khmer Rouge control of the entire city. With this, they were able to make a  national assembly in the city. This helped them in many ways, producing weapons and other various goods to assist with the genocide. In addition, the Khmer Rouge had many plans, such as the eradication of Vietnamese Communists in Cambodia.

8. Persecution
Khmer Rouge targeted various religions and ethnic groups while they had power. Religious Enthusiast, Buddhist, Christians, Muslims, Ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese, Thais, and Cambodians with Chinese,  Vietnamese or Thai ancestry. People from the Eastern Zone of Cambodia were forced to wear blue and white scarves for identification. Many people were also sent to communes for "re-education".

9. Extermination:
-  The Khmer Rouge used things such as forced Labor, where they made people work long hours from dusk to dawn, and starving them in the process where they would get little food rations, and weren't allowed to grow their own. Mass executions, where the Khmer Rouge attacked both people who opposed them and the Chinese, Vietnamese and Muslim Chams.
- Toul Sleng was a school that was turned into a torture and killing center. Under the supervision of Kaing Guek Eav, at least 12,272 people were killed at Toul Slang. There are only seven known survivors of Toul Sleng. In addition to this, the Khmer Rouge started slowing and secretively killing off Cambodians who were trained by North Vietnamese communists.

10. Denial - Luke
- A few months before his death in 1998, Pol Pot was interviewed by Nate Thayer. In this interview, he not only denied responsibility for this huge genocide. But also denied the fact that there even was a genocide. Pol Pot states that he was there to came to carry out the struggle, not to kill people". According to Alex Alvarez, Pol Pot "portrayed himself as a misunderstood and unfairly vilified figure"

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Cambodia Teaches New Generation About Khmer Rouge Atrocities

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Genocide in Cambodia: A survivor's story

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This video tells the story of Arun, a survival of the genocide inflicted on the Cambodian people during the rule of the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979)

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Pol Pot (1925-1998) was the communist leader of the Khmer Rouge, a revolutionary group that led the Cambodian Genocide.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/arts/cambodia_artist-20060517.html

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Cambodian Genocide - Summary, Facts and Statistics 

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Background for the Genocide

When you hear the word genocide, you probably think of the Holocaust. Unfortunately, there are many more that might come to mind. The last century has been a grim chapter in human history that has seen genocides occurring all over the world. One of the grisliest occurred in Cambodia. From 1975 to 1979, a murderous communist regime called the Khmer Rouge killed 21% of Cambodia's population. However, it may be controversial to call this horrible event a genocide.

Cambodia is in Southeast Asia, and home to the native Khmer people. After years as a French protectorate, in 1953, Cambodia regained its independence with Prince Norodom Sihanouk as its ruler. But two things made Cambodia's future unstable. First, Cambodia became independent in the midst of the Cold War, and the onset of the Vietnam War. Second, Prince Sihanouk ruled with an iron fist, and many despised and opposed him. By 1960, some of those opposed to his rule established the Communist Party of Kampuchea, and called themselves the Khmer Rouge. The leader of the Khmer Rouge was Pol Pot, and his goal was to turn Cambodia into an agrarian utopia founded on communist principles.

The rise of the Khmer Rouge was boosted by the Vietnam War. As the U.S. stepped up its military campaign against the communist North Vietnamese, Prince Sihanouk broke relations with the U.S. Meanwhile, internal frustration with the prince led to civil war in Cambodia. In 1970, Prince Sihanouk was overthrown by Lon Nol, a pro-U.S. general. In response, Sihanouk encouraged Cambodians to rise up and overthrow Lon Nol. The Khmer Rouge answered this call, and began conquering territory. Many Cambodians fled the marauding Khmer Rouge and sought refuge in the capital, Phnom Penh.

North Vietnamese forces were massing in Eastern Cambodia, so the U.S. began a bombing campaign. The bombs killed many Cambodians, and forced many more to flee the countryside for Phnom Penh. The Khmer Rouge began closing in on the capital city. The Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975 as the victorious regime.

The Killing Fields

On their very first day in Phnom Penh, the Khmer Rouge went into action. In order to create a farming utopia, they had to drive the population out of the cities and into the fields. Two million people were now living in the city, so soldiers with bullhorns and guns began forcing everyone out of the city. Houses, schools and hospitals were emptied as people were driven into the countryside. Thousands died in the mass exodus. All signs of culture or self-expression were outlawed and punished. The Khmer Rouge believed Cambodia had to start at Year Zero, and progress with no outside influences.

The Khmer Rouge began targeting certain groups for destruction. In the regime's eyes, two different kinds of people existed in Cambodia - old people and new people. ' Old people' were uneducated rural peasants, and ' new people,' were middle class city dwellers like doctors, lawyers, and journalists. New people were undesirable because they were influenced by foreign values, and did not live agrarian lives. Of new people, the regime said, 'To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss.' Other groups targeted for extermination by the Khmer Rouge were ethnic minorities like Vietnamese nationals, and the Cham people who are Muslim. The regime also pursued any perceived political enemies.

In 1976, the regime announced a 4-Year Plan to transform the farming of rice, and collectivization of property. The 4-Year Plan was poorly planned, and led to famine. The new people were expressly targeted for the exhausting labor to create ineffective water systems and farm. Many were worked to death, but others were murdered in the fields by blows to the back of the head as the regime attempted to save bullets. However, most victims starved to death in the man-made famine. The mass death in the countryside gave rise to the name Killing Fields. Hundreds of mass graves filled with human remains have been found in Cambodia's Killing Fields. In 3 years, 8 months and 20 days, the Khmer Rouge murdered approximately 1.7 million people. This amounts to a staggering 21% of Cambodia's population. The Khmer Rouge was finally removed from power in 1979 after Vietnam invaded Cambodia.

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The Cambodian Genocide: Summary, Facts & Statistics - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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When you hear the word genocide, you probably think of the Holocaust. Unfortunately, there are many more that might come to mind. The last century has been a grim chapter in human history that has seen genocides occurring all over the world. One of the grisliest occurred in Cambodia.

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Khmer Rouge were a brutal, murderous revolutionary, group intent on revolutionizing Cambodian Society.

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1.7 to 2 million Cambodians died during the Cambodian Genocide (21% of the population of Cambodia). Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot killed more than 1.7 million people through work, starvation and torture, through 1976 - 1979