Cambodian Genocide by Hannah Schneider https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv “What do I need to learn to respectfully honor the memory and tell the story of all of the people who lost their lives in the Cambodian genocide?” en-us 2019-01-16 22:47:00 UTC 2025-12-03 15:48:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Background Information hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321872979 The genocide of Cambodia was a killing of a large group of people on purpose based on what they believed in. They were killed by being hit over the head with clubs and having their heads bashed into tree trunks. It took place on April 17, 1975 and lasted until 1979. About four years. The Khmer Rouge was a control group that had a Communist vision of Cambodia.]]> 2019-01-17 19:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321872979 Perpetrators and Victims hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321877056 The perpetrators were the Khmer Rouge Communist control group. Their leader Pol Pot and their followers. The victims were The 1.8 million people that were killed. The are also called Chams. ]]> 2019-01-17 19:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321877056 According to the ABC-CLIO it states "The strict policy of cleansing Cambodian society of all capitalist, religious and ethnic minority influences decimated the country, resulting in millions of deaths and hundreds of thousands of refugees." hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321882750 Khmer Rouge was a group of communists who wanted to make sure that everyone had believed in communism and wanted Cambodia to be the way that they felt it should be and not let people be there that did not believe like that do. ]]> 2019-01-17 19:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321882750 According to Britannica it explains that "His radical communist government forced the mass evacuations of cities, killed or displaced millions of people, and left a legacy of brutality and impoverishment" hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321883523  The Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot wanted Cambodia to be a communist country and he wanted to show that they could be powerful and that he could show his power by executing many people in a very burtall way to show how he can take over and be incontrol over everyone and everything. ]]> 2019-01-17 19:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321883523 According to the book, The Lost Executioner: a Journey to the Heart of the Killing Fields, it emphasizes that "They...mobilished the entire population in their attempt to transform Cambodia into a rural, classless utopia from which few would return.(2)" hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321884011 When Cambodia was being sought out by the Khmer Rouge group many of the people supporting the group or in the group were trying to help transform Cambodia into a world that that they would want to live in. A world that was perfect for them and that had no classes to divide people up in and most importantly that it was a place of Communism. ]]> 2019-01-17 19:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321884011 According to the article called, Khmer Rouge History, it writes that "By the end of 1977, clashes broke out between Cambodia and Vietnam. Tens of thousands of people were sent to fight and thousands were killed." hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321885237 When the Vietnamese came into Cambodia to help try and stop the genocide many people from both sides were helping the Vietnamese to end the genocide from happening so that the people living in cambodia could be free and not have live under the Khmer Rouge group anymore. ]]> 2019-01-17 19:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321885237 According to, Why the World Should Not Forget Khmer Rouge and the Killing Fields of Cambodia, it supports that "The group even renounced Communism in a bid to gain foreign support (and as part of a government-in-exile, they were able to retain Cambodia's United Nations seat for years)." hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321885971 This was a group of people who did not support Communism and wanted to show people that it wasn't a good way to go, so they quit Communism so that they could help the genocide come to an end and get some help with a seat on Cambodia's United Nations.]]> 2019-01-17 19:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321885971 According to ABC-CLIO it acknowledges that "During this time, the Cambodian government evacuated all cities, forcing all citizens into the countryside to farm." hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321887632 This is one way that they helped stop the genocide by the government or just some citizens of Cambodia were telling people to go and leave Cambodia so that less and less people hopefully ended up dying and that they were move onto the countryside to be away from what was happening inside the city. ]]> 2019-01-17 19:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321887632 U.S. during the Cambodian genocide. hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321891419 On August 12, 1977 the prototype, Enterprise, was launched into outer space. "The space shuttle orbiter was the first spacecraft designed with the aerodynamic characteristics and in-atmosphere handling qualities of a conventional airplane" states NASA's website. It was a shuttle that would be launched to see what could be used on further spaceships so that nothing would damage them or what was inside. ]]> 2019-01-17 19:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321891419 U.S. response to the genocide hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321891661 According to the article, Cambodia: U.S. bombing, civil war, & Khmer Rouge, it "From the start of the U.S. bombing campaign in Cambodia (1965) until the Vietnamese army overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime (1979)..." The U.S. involvement and their response was the bombing that happened in 1965 which led to the Vietnamese army to take over the Khmer Rouge group. ]]> 2019-01-17 19:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321891661 U.S. during the Cambodian genocide. hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321949269 On November 2, 1976, Jimmy Carter became president of the United States. Jimmy Carter was running up against Gerald R. Ford. Carter was a Democrat while Ford was a  Republican. Carter had won with 297 electoral votes and Ford only had 240 votes and Carter also had the most popular votes. According to Britannica it explains that Jimmy Carter had said “...the only reason it was so close was that the candidate wasn't good enough as a campaigner.” He paused, then added: “But I'll make up for that as president."]]> 2019-01-17 23:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321949269 A Khmer Rouge guard standing and watching the forced labourers digging a water canal. hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321970101 2019-01-18 01:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321970101 Pol Pot in 1997 in the Cambodian jungle hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321970563 2019-01-18 01:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321970563 Cambodian Memorial about the genocide and the killing fields in Choeung Ek Genocidal Center. hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321971016 2019-01-18 01:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/321971016 The Khmer Rouge communist group wanted to be in control of everyone and everything. hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/322294597 2019-01-18 19:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/322294597 Cambodian citizens tried to stop the genocide in many different ways. hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/322295275 2019-01-18 19:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/322295275 There are various ways that people can honor the memory and tell the story of the people who lost their lives in the Cambodian genocide. hannah_schneider1 https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/322296029 2019-01-18 19:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_schneider1/n9ytmgdyiuxv/wish/322296029