The Cambodian Genocide

By:
Austen Nguyen Consuelo De La Torre Michael Wong Ambriana Grider

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Map of Cambodia

The Victims of the Holocaust

The Khmer Rouges racism towards minority groups in Asia lead to their massive murdering. Ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Cambodians with ancestry from these ethnicities were all included in the victimization of the holocaust. The people of Cambodia that were targeted included scholars, educated peoples, professors, buddhist monks and intellectuals. Nearly over two million people were murdered in the Cambodian Holocaust. The causes of death for these innocent people were starvation, disease, formal executions and exhaustion from work labor that many victims faced.
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The Perpetrators

Pol Pot

Pol Pot- A Cambodian Revolutionary Pol Pots groups (his followers) Political Groups The Khmer Rouge Army (led between 1963-1997)- A Communist group led by Pol Pot
The Khmer Rouge Army

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When, Where, & Why?

The Cambodian Genocide began in April 17, 1975 till January 1979 this four year period reign was under the leadership of The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) also known as Khmer Rouge. Cambodia is a country located in Southeast Asia, the population of Cambodia is just over 7 million, almost all of the population are Buddhists. The country borders are Thailand, which is to the west and northwest of Cambodia. Laos is to its northeast, and Vietnam to its east and southeast. The south and southwest borders of Cambodia are coastal shorelines on the Gulf of Thailand.

Under Pol Pots communism brought images of a new hope, and promise for Cambodia. By 1975, Pol Pots force had grown to over 700,000 men. Within days of the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, Pol Pot had started his extreme policies of collectivization of the government control of all properties and forced labor. Under the threat of death, Cambodians everywhere were forced out from their hometowns and villages. The ill, disabled, old and young who could not make the journey to the farms and labor camps were killed on the spot. People who refused to leave were killed, and anyone who looked like they were not following along Pol Pot's new rules.

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Attempts to intercede the Genocide

Countries within Asia were converting to a Communist government during the time period of the Cambodian Genocide so help within Asia was not found. The United Nations did not intercede with the genocide in Cambodia because they did not want to intervene with another foreign affair. They have faced other problems around the world before and during this event so adding the genocide to their list would prove to be ineffective attempt to help the cause. During the Genocide the U.S. used warfare tactics to defeat the communist group, the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot. They used air drop bombs to destroy the communist armies which would led to a decrease in the death toll. This was an indirect support factor for the people of Cambodia
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End of the Cambodian Genocide

-In late 1977, Vietnam and Cambodia went into combat, resulting in the loss of thousands of more lives. In 1978, Vietnam succeeded in invading Cambodia and captured the city of Phnom Penh. -Following the obtrusion of Vietnam, they were determined to overthrow the Khmer Rouge, and replace it with a Pro-Vietnamese regime (author). -The newly established Vietnamese government made a tremendous impact in Cambodia at the time; it is the main
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reason for the genocide coming to an end.

-The citizens that still remained would later flee to Thailand in hopes of reaching refugee camps in Thailand. Later, immigrating to the United States of America.
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