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The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields. Cambodian Genocide 1975-1979. What is genocide?. The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.

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The Killing Fields

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  1. The Killing Fields Cambodian Genocide 1975-1979

  2. What is genocide? • The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group. • The Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979, in which approximately 1.7 million people lost their lives (21% of the country's population), was one of the worst human tragedies of the last century. • Forced labor, poor medicine, execution.

  3. Why did it happen? • Pol Pot wanted to create a society that was untouched by the influences and evils of outsiders. • Agrarian Utopia….what is this? • Restart civilization in “Year Zero” • The idea behind Year Zero is that all culture and traditions within a society must be completely destroyed or discarded and a new revolutionary culture must replace it, starting from scratch.

  4. Who was targeted? • Intellectuals (educated people) • People who spoke foreign languages • Anyone suspected to be connected to foreign governments • Former government officials • Ethnic Vietnamese, ethnic Thai, ethnic Chinese (except for those already prominent among the Khmer Rouge themselves), ethnic Chams (Muslim Cambodians), Cambodian Christians (most of whom were Roman Catholic, along with its Priesthood) and Buddhist Monks were the demographic targets of persecution

  5. What are the killing fields? • The “Killing Fields” are a number of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime.

  6. TuolSleng (S-21) • Before the Khmer Rouge regime rose to power, it was initially just a high school. Subsequently, it was converted into a deadly prison known as Security Prison 21 by the Khmer Rouge

  7. TuolSleng • TuolSleng was where more than 20,000 Cambodian people were tortured and interrogated before being sent to execution at the Killing Fields.

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  12. ChoeungEk • Best-known of the sites known as The Killing Fields. • Mass graves containing 8,895 bodies were discovered at ChoeungEk after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime. • Many of the dead were former inmates in the TuolSleng prison.

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  16. Summary: • Complete your D,L,I,Q • D – What did you do? • L – What did you learn? • I – What did you find interesting? • Q – Write a question. • All answers should be in complete sentences.

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