The Killing Fields, Cambodia
About this episode
This episode discusses the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and the resulting atrocities committed under Pol Pot's regime.
In 1975, the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh fell to a rebel movement known as the Khmer Rouge. These Marxist revolutionaries seized control of the country and unleashed a reign of terror rarely seen in modern history. Over the next four years, the regime, led by dictator Pol Pot, was responsible for the deaths of nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s population. Entire communities were destroyed, and the nation’s religious and cultural heritage was systematically dismantled. The horrors of the Camb...
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Host: Gary Kent
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Organizations: Khmer Rouge
Places: Cambodia, Phnom Penh
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