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Title: The Cambodian Genocide


1
The Cambodian Genocide
  • Genocide? Or Politicide?

2
The Killing Fields
  • Context of the Vietnam War 1945-75
  • Communist Khmer Rouge Revolt against Prince
    Sihanouk
  • Battle between Socialism and radical communism
  • Fear of outside intervention

3
Causes of the Genocide
  • US Bombing in Vietnam continues after US
    withdrawal. Some missions stray into Cambodia
  • Animosity between the disenfranchised and the
    tiny wealthy elite
  • Civil War rages in Cambodia between Government
    forces and the Khmer Rouge

4
Khmer Rouge Takes Power
  • Mostly made up of young people from the rural
    parts of Cambodia
  • Little to no discipline among the ranks
  • Factions form to claim power, causing strife
    throughout its time in power

5
Back to Year Zero
  • When any group gains total control of a country,
    they can change the way that it is run.
  • When the Khmer Rouge gained control of Cambodia,
    they wanted to have a new society and to ignore
    the past.
  • To start off, Pol Pot renumbered 1975 as Year
    Zero of the new era.

6
Year Zero
  • Once he was in power, what did Pol Pot try to
    create in Cambodia?

Western culture is seen as being Capitalist. Why
would Pol Pot have wanted to rid Cambodia of
Western influences and Capitalism?
The Khmer Rouge arriving in Phnom Penh.
7
New Lives Year Zero
  • What happened to the people who lived in
    Cambodias cities?
  • Where did they go?
  • What did they do when they got there?

People being forced from the cities.
8
Harsh Life
  • Life became so harsh that thousands of people
    died of the farms from overwork, malnutrition and
    disease.
  • The Khmer Rouge told Cambodians whether you live
    or die is not of great significance.

9
Purges
  • What does it mean if a government conducts a
    purge?
  • Which groups did Pol Pot try to purge from
    Cambodian society?
  • Why would he have chosen these groups?
  • What other methods did the Khmer Rouge use to
    change society?

10
2000000 Deaths
  • When the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia,
    the population was 8000000.
  • What percentage of the population died or left
    Cambodia?
  • In 1979 the Vietnamese gained control of
    Cambodia. Thus ending the Genocide

A mass grave in Cambodia. The exact number of
deaths can never be calculated.
11
The Impact on Peoples Lives
  • Destruction of the educated class created a
    problem for recovery
  • How is this genocide different from others we
    have studied?

12
Justice in Cambodia
  • Following Pol Pots death, Trials of leading
    Khmer Rouge leaders possible
  • Extraordinary Chambers (ECCC)
  • Most war criminals still not prosecuted

13
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