GENOCIDE IN CAMBODIA
By: Lara Lilly & Brandyn Shaulis
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Because of turmoil in North and South Vietnam, the Khmer Rouge
started gain power over the reining Cambodian Army.
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Pol Pot the leader of Khmer Rouge used the turmoil to his
advantage to defeat Lon Nol’s forces.
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Pol Pot brought hope to the turmoil of Cambodia
HOW IT ALL STARTED
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The Khmer Rouge was a group that went against the Pro-West
group led by Lon Nol
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The Khmer Rouge decided to punish all of the people who had
been “tainted” by the United States
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The Khmer Rouge harshly punished every Cambodian who was
seen to be “tainted”
THE KHMER ROUGE
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The Tree you see in this picture was
used for horrific actions
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One of these horrific actions was
smashing baby’s heads against this
tree to kill them.
THE KILLING TREE
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The number of killing fields is not known but the number of deaths
for the single genocide was 3,314,768 deaths
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Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge, believed he never did
anything wrong because he was “helping his country men”
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Many killing fields in Cambodia have still not been found
THE KILLING FIELDS
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Pol Pot started to lose his mind late into the end of his rein of terror
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When his mind began to go so did he rain of the country of
Cambodia
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People started to force him out of office
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
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People were seen as animals, and were slaughtered as such
KILLING
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This is an infamous photo. It depicts the Khmer Rouge and their
terrible rein of power over Cambodia.
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http://www.roamfarandwide.com/phnom-penh-genocidemuseum-and-the-killing-fields-in-choeung-ek-cambodia/
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http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-andconflicts/cambodian-genocide
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