Cambodian Genocide by Alondra Rodriguez https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3 1975-1979 en-us 2019-04-08 15:01:10 UTC 2025-11-04 08:56:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350405845 They targeted groups like doctors, teachers, monks, the rich, and well educated people in general. Other groups targeted were current or former military and police Christian, Buddhist and Muslim citizens, too. ]]> 2019-04-10 15:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350405845 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350407610 However many consider the Cambodian genocide as an “auto-genocide” since there wasn’t one specific group targeted, but rather all of their society. The CPK (Khmer Rouge Regime) got rid of anyone who was higher class then them and any one lower class then them, they didn’t classes in their society. They basically wanted everyone to be at their “level”.]]> 2019-04-10 15:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350407610 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350410416 The perpetrators of this genocide was Khmer Rouge Regime which was a brutal communist regime who was led by Pol Pot, who was basically the dictator during this time. This group wanted to accomplish a classless communist state which is an economy based on agriculture, and wanted to get rid of free market and capitalism. ]]> 2019-04-10 15:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350410416 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350410958 The international community did not say anything for the most part during this genocide they were basically neutral. The U.S and Europe did not bring any aid or attention to the genocide while it happened. Scholars and other people tried to tell them about what was happening in Cambodia but their efforts weren’t enough to start an international investigation.]]> 2019-04-10 15:37:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350410958 Sources 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350411298 - "Holocaust Museum Houston." Hmh.org. N. p., 2019. Web. 10 Apr. 2019.

- "The Cambodian Genocide - United To End Genocide." United to End Genocide. N. p., 2019. Web. 10 Apr. 2019.

- Al Jazeera. “Key Facts on the Khmer Rouge.” US & Canada | Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera, 3 Feb. 2012, www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/02/20122314155454169.html.]]> 2019-04-10 15:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350411298 Sources 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350411975 -"Khmer Rouge." HISTORY. N. p., 2019. Web. 10 Apr. 2019.

-"The Cambodian Genocide - United To End Genocide." United to End Genocide. N. p., 2019. Web. 10 Apr. 2019.

-Al Jazeera. “Key Facts on the Khmer Rouge.” US & Canada | Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera, 3 Feb. 2012, www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/02/20122314155454169.html.]]> 2019-04-10 15:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350411975 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350415047 The Cambodian genocide took place in Democratic Kampuchea/Cambodia. It was renamed to Democratic Kampuchea after the Communist Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia. The dictator Pol Pot started at the capital of Cambodia which is Phnom Penh. It lasted from April 17, 1975 to January 6, 1979]]> 2019-04-10 15:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350415047 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350415158 Many Cambodian Societies were destroyed through mass evacuations, some towns and cities were emptied quickly and brutally as the Khmer Rouge Regime arrived. Nothing can stop the Khmer Rouge Regime from proceeding with their project of social engineering, radical restructuring of society, and their own totalitarian state.]]> 2019-04-10 15:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350415158 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350415406 Many people were living in miserable conditions, they were forced to labor like if they were slaves. They didn’t have much freedom because they were being controlled and they weren’t really cared for, like they rarely had food, their health and education didn’t matter, and family life was rarely existence. Many either died of execution, starvation , disease, or from over-working. The CPK got rid of money, free market, normal schooling, and private property. They also abolished religious practices and traditions; culture. They would shut down schools, mosques, churches, and universities and then turn them into stables and camps. No one could meet together to have discussions. ]]> 2019-04-10 15:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350415406 Source 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350416703 - "Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes And Consequences - Username ." Moderngenocide.abc-clio.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 10 Apr. 2019.

- "Holocaust Museum Houston." Hmh.org. N. p., 2019. Web. 10 Apr. 2019.]]> 2019-04-10 15:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350416703 Sources 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350417358 -Jarvis, Helen. "Cambodian Genocide." Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes and Consequences, ABC-CLIO, 2019, moderngenocide.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/3?cid=41. Accessed 3 Apr. 2019.

-"The History Of Cambodia's Killing Fields." Culture Trip. N. p., 2019. Web. 10 Apr. 2019.

-" Khmer Rouge History | Cambodia Tribunal Monitor." Cambodiatribunal.org. N. p., 2019. Web. 10 Apr. 2019.]]> 2019-04-10 15:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350417358 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350418176 As the Vietnam War made its way into Cambodia, the U.S used the country to regroup their troops. However the U.S has also bombed some parts of Cambodia due to suspicion of Viet Cong targets. In the 1970’s, Marshal Lon Nol decided to lead a military coup to take Prince Sihanouk down as the monarch of Cambodia. Sihanouk teamed up with the Khmer Rouge and they began to beat Lon Nol’s forces. However on April 17, 1975, The Khmer Rouge gained control of the government and started to put people of Phnom Penh into labor camps almost immediately. They began establishing their totalitarian state. Some interns tried to tell other nations what was happening but Cambodia never got allies. 


]]> 2019-04-10 15:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350418176 Sources 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350583407 - Editors, History.com. “Khmer Rouge.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 12 Sept. 2017, www.history.com/topics/cold-war/the-khmer-rouge.

 - “The Cambodian Genocide.” United to End Genocide, endgenocide.org/learn/past-genocides/the-cambodian-genocide/.

 
]]> 2019-04-10 23:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350583407 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350585856 It wasn’t until 2003 that the Cambodian government worked with the UN to prosecute those who were a big factor in the crimes committed during the genocide. This established the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) however most top leaders of the Khmer Rouge were already dead or not able to be located. 



]]> 2019-04-10 23:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350585856 Alondra Rodriguez 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350586000 I believe that the killings in the Cambodian genocide do match the UN definition of genocide. I say this because in the genocide, people were forced into doing labor and if they weren’t able-bodied enough to do the work, they would be killed. As defined by the UN, Deliberately inflicting the conditions of life to the point where people are dying, its a genocide. The Khmer Rouge also would cut off supplies like medicine, food, and clean water to Cambodians which caused them to die of disease and starvation. This is also considered an act of genocide by the UN. 



]]> 2019-04-10 23:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350586000 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350834612 On December 25 1978, Cambodian rebel soldiers and Vietnamese troops had a huge invasion on Cambodia. On January 7, 1979, Phnom Penh had fallen, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge Regime had had fallen, too. Later, the People's Republic of Kampuchea rose to power to reconstruct the society again with Vietnamese backing, which was not easy and took alot of work.]]> 2019-04-11 15:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350834612 Emily Luu 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350835424 I think that our tropic does match the UN definition of genocide because in the Cambodian genocide the Khmer Rouge Regime committed to most of the things that classified to what genocide is. The Khmer Rouge Regime would kill many people of different groups by cutting of their food supplies so they would be starving, they also destroyed many societies which is affecting the conditions of life for those people, they would also either just execute them or just overwork them until they die.

]]> 2019-04-11 15:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350835424 Sources 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350835720 -Jarvis, Helen. "Cambodian Genocide." Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes and Consequences, ABC-CLIO, 2019, moderngenocide.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/3?cid=41. Accessed 3 Apr. 2019.

-"The Cambodian Genocide - United To End Genocide." United to End Genocide. N. p., 2019. Web. 11 Apr. 2019.]]> 2019-04-11 15:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350835720 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350836758 Pol Pot was arrested and put on house arrest on 1997 and the Khmer Rouge cease to exist in 1999. Since most members had died, arrested, or defected however no charges were ever put on him and he died in 1998 of natural causes. ]]> 2019-04-11 15:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350836758 2019emily05 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350836966 2 million people were perished due to this genocide. Vietnam invaded Cambodia and overthrew the Khmer Rouge. The party fled into jungles by the Thai border to attack the Vietnamese while others escaped to Thailand where they were given aid. The Khmer Rouge fought for another decade against the government which was controlled by Vietnam. It was only when Vietnam stopped fight because of U.S sanctions.]]> 2019-04-11 15:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/350836966 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351176662 This is the ECCC (Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)]]> 2019-04-12 14:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351176662 Source 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351177451 "The Cambodian Genocide - United To End Genocide." United to End Genocide. N. p., 2019. Web. 12 Apr. 2019.]]> 2019-04-12 14:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351177451 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351178128 These are Cambodian people being held inside camps. ]]> 2019-04-12 14:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351178128 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351179629 This is the leader/dictator of the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot. ]]> 2019-04-12 14:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351179629 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351180991 These are some victims of the Cambodian Genocide, their bodies left on the streets. ]]> 2019-04-12 14:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351180991 2019alondra02 https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351183174 These are some soldiers from the Khmer Rouge threatening and yelling at people. ]]> 2019-04-12 14:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/2019alondra02/667u1kc5rhm3/wish/351183174