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The Cambodian Holocaust

The Cambodian Holocaust. By: Kimberly Simonis. Genocide is the denial of the right to existence of an entire human group…. Pol Pot. Came to power in Cambodia in 1975 . He was the leader of the new communist government in 1976, and began a violent reform.

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The Cambodian Holocaust

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  1. The Cambodian Holocaust By: Kimberly Simonis

  2. Genocide is the denial of the right to existence of an entire human group…

  3. Pol Pot Came to power in Cambodia in 1975. He was the leader of the new communist government in 1976, and began a violent reform. He hoped to create a new society free of western influence. Pol Pot killed almost ~ 2 million Cambodians.

  4. Pol Pot • He abolished: • Religion • Education • Private property • And evacuated cities.

  5. Pol Pot • Under his regime: • Forced labor • Executions • Famine • Almost 2 million casualties

  6. Forced to leave cities • People were given hours to pack up their few things and leave the cities with what they could carry.

  7. Lost Family Members A family might never see each other again if they were separated and took to different villages.

  8. Executing People • Any educated person would have been targeted. If they wore glasses, spoke a different language or looked foreign they would have been killed. • Many people who worked for the previous government were also killed.

  9. Children Became Trained Killers • The most easily influenced would have been the children. • The Khmer Rouge used their fear to create killing machines.

  10. The Cambodian Holocaust • Even with all the terrible things that were happening many outside countries just look the other way, not wanting to get involved in fighting. • The Cambodian holocaust had many casualties and upset many of families lives. • This event in their history would bring their growth as a nation to a stand still.

  11. Work Cited • http://www.cambcomm.org.uk/holocaust.html • http://www.hmh.org/ed_Genocide_Cambodia.shtml • http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/pol-pot.htm • http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP4.HTM • http://www.vagabonding.com/travelogue/000060.html • http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/holocaust.html • http://www.wce.wwu.edu/nwche/genocide/cambodia.shtml

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