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When and Where the Cambodian Genocide Took Place BC

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When and Where the Cambodian Genocide Took Place BC

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The Cambodian Genocide occurred in 1975 through 1979 after Khmer Rouge took over the country after winning the Civil War. The Cambodian genocide took place in Democratic Kampuchea which was later renamed Cambodia in 1990.

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The genocide was caused by the communist group Khmer Rouge and led by Pol Pot in his attempt to create a Cambodian master race through death. Khmer Rouge planned on creating a classless society by keeping the elderly and peasant farmers. Pol Pots plans to create an even society, made him target the educated. Before the genocide started, the Khmer Rouge came to power by fighting in a five-year civil war from 1970 to 1975. Pol Pot “... gradually captured most of the country and by April 1975 stood at the gates of Phnom Penh” (Pol Pot). Since Pol Pot had the capital, Phnom Penh, he ruled Democratic Kampuchea and commenced his genocide.

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Constatine Rutigliano Cambodian Genocide Works Cited

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How were the aggressors able to persecute and exterminate the other groupof people? (Why were they not stopped?) CR

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How were the aggressors able to persecute and exterminate the other groupof people? (Why were they not stopped?) CR

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The people killed were called enemies of the state. The intellectuals were taken out, but no one realized why

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Who Were the Perpetrators and the Victims BC

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Who Were the Perpetrators and the Victims BC

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Pol Pot was the leader of the communist group Khmer Rouge who planned on creating a Cambodian master race by massacring the people. Pol Pot became the leader of the country after seizing the capital during the civil war in 1970 and began starving and working people to death. The Cambodian citizens were the ones targeted during the genocide because of Pol Pot’s plan to create a classless society. Pol Pot killed “...possibly as many as 1.7 million people” (war crimes in Cambodia). Pol Pot killed close to two million Cambodian citizens by starving and working them to their death. He targeted the educated, previous military leaders, political leaders, students, doctors, lawyers, and buddhists because they were higher up in society.

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Statistics #1 Mortality rate per age and cause AC

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Statistics #1 Mortality rate per age and cause AC

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(if it did not end, what is the current status?) AC

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(if it did not end, what is the current status?) AC

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N/A, Cambodian Genocide ended.

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Explain what ended the genocide. Did the U.N. or any other nations or groups intervene to help? AC

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Explain what ended the genocide. Did the U.N. or any other nations or groups intervene to help? AC

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The Khmer Rouge regime clashed with Vietnam starting in the year 1977; Vietnam later invaded Cambodia on January 7, 1979 and overthrew the Khmer Rouge. Once Vietnam had taken over, they created a pseudo-socialism regime composed of Khmer Rouge defectors. Those who were loyal to the Khmer Rouge regime fled to the jungles on the Thai border so that they could send in Guerrilla attacks on Vietnam. The former members received aid from western countries in order to keep their seat at the UN. Even the United States voted in favor of keeping Cambodia in the UN. Although they did not condone their actions, they sought to show disapproval of Vietnams occupation of Cambodia which was solely an action based on Cold War politics. The two groups continued to clash for a decade while being sponsored by the Soviet Union and China. This ultimately led to hundreds of thousands of refugees going into Thailand in search for food, shelter, and safety. In 1989, they left Cambodia because the United States had put sanctions on them and the Soviet Union wasn’t supporting them enough.

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The Cambodian Genocide had major effects on education. Before the genocide education in Cambodia good, and then the Khmer Rogue decided to change that. In the text it says, “Research by Thomas Clayton finds statistics from the Ministry of Education that 75 percent of all teachers and 96 percent of all tertiary students were killed” (Headley). The Cambodia people were left with a very poor education system, and they have no teachers. Furthermore, the population was much lower due to the amount of deaths that took place. Also, there was a lack of food and proper nutrition which was also continuing to kill people. The government was completely unstable and poverty was very high.

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The Brutal dictator Pol Pot, who was responsible for the entire genocide died in 1998 of a heart attack. Khieu Samphan and Neuon Chea, two former leaders of the Khmer Rouge, were found guilty of genocide. This was obviously good news; however, it happened nearly 40 years after the genocide took place. To this day, it was the only conviction against the Khmer Rouge in relation to genocide. “Now only three people have been tried, while thousands of people were killers. It's not reasonable to expect that all these thousands are put on trial, but only three is also not sufficient either” (Hoekstra). Clearly, Cambodia was never given the justice they deserved for this atrocious genocide.

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Those who were seen as intellectuals or potential leaders of Revolution were executed. Allegedly, some people were executed for merely appearing to be an intellectual, by wearing glasses or being able to speak a foreign language. As part of this effort, hundreds of thousands of middle class Cambodians were tortured and executed

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Death Of A Nation: The Khmer Rouge's Cambodia

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REFLECTIONS ON A GENOCIDE | Short Film | Cambodian Genocide by the Khmer Rouge (Eng & Khmer subs)

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rf_JQ3DABX_hbcpUCWkQOHoVO6MWFRLvXNTJxq4HbUw/edit

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Alex Cozma Cambodian Genocide Works Cited

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Workers on farm collectives began suffering from the effects of overworking and lack of food. Thousands died from disease, starvation, or damage to their bodies from backbreaking work/abuse from the ruthless guards overseeing the camps. Pol Pot executed thousands that he deemed enemies of the state. Those who were seen as intellectuals or potential leaders of Revolution were executed. Allegedly, some people were executed for merely appearing to be an intellectual, by wearing glasses or being able to speak a foreign language. As part of this effort, hundreds of thousands of middle class Cambodians were tortured and executed. These acts happened in special centers established, the most infamous was Tuol Sleng jail, where almost 17,000 women, men, and children were imprisoned during the four years of Khmer Rouge's regime. The Vietnamese Army invaded Cambodia in 1979 and seized power from Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge after a series of violent battles on the border between the two countries

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pWM17sKhkXG76hBJUg4RqusTqtojw7uDlsa5aBfnOLM/edit