Identify...

significant leaders and ideology of the Kyhmer Rouge – Group

- Kaing Guek Eav: In 1979 Duch was one of the last senior Khmer Rouge
leaders to escape from Phnom Penh ahead of the invading Vietnamese
forces.
- Nuon Chea: The so-called Brother Number Two of the Khmer Rouge, Nuon
Chea was the second in command to Pol Pot.
- Pol Pot: a Marxist-leninist and a Khmer nationalist, led the Cambodian
Communist movement, Khmer Rouge.
- Ieng Sary: Born in the early 1920s, Ieng Sary was deputy prime minister and
foreign minister of Democratic Kampuchea
- Ieng Thirith: The wife of Ieng Sary was social affairs minister for the Khmer
Rouge.
- Khieu Samphan: Serving as the president of Democratic Kampuchea, Khieu
Samphan was one of the most powerful officials in the Khmer Rouge
government after Pol Pot.

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List... important facts about the Cambodian genocide – Group
- In 1975, Khmer Rouge gained control of the Cambodian government with
the intent to turn Cambodia into a communist state.
- Estimates range from 1.5 to 3 million people having died at the hands of
the Khmer Rouge, with the consensus being approximately 2 million.
- Unlike other genocides in which specific ethnic groups are targeted for
execution, the Cambodian genocide had no exceptions and would single
out doctors, teachers, minorities, people with an education, children and
even babies.
- Lasting for 4 years (1975 – 1979)
- In 1997, Pol Pot was sentenced to house detention after a show trial. He
died barely over a year later, without facing a proper trial for his crimes and
leaving millions of people without the opportunity to bring him to justice.
Describe... life during the Khmer Rouge's dictatorship - Group
Everyone lacked fundamental rights. They are not permitted to go outdoors, mingle, or have
conversations. They may have been executed or arrested if at least three people gathered around them
and talked. It was unlawful for people to express their feelings and sympathies. Because Angkar Padevat
was everyone's parents, family attachment was highly ridiculed. At the age of eight, children were
separated and sent to labor camps to be molded and trained to follow, listen to orders, and kill enemies.
Music, radios, and all religions were prohibited. Because they were not allowed to choose, arranged
marriages were prevalent. People were only allowed to work as poor farmers and were forbidden from
working as doctors, lawyers, teachers, or engineers.
Summarise... what you have learnt about the Cambodian genocide - Individual
Henry: In 1975, Khmer Rouge gained control of the Cambodian government with the desire to turn
Cambodia into a communist state. Pol Pot, a Marxist – Leninist, and a Khmer nationalist led the Khmer
Rouge. Under the control of the Khmer Rouge, about 1.5 to 3 million people died. Life during the Khmer
Rouge’s dictatorship lacked fundamental rights. The Cambodian genocide lasted for 4 years, from 1975 –
1979.
TonyP: Khmers Rouges, radical communist movement that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 after
winning power through a guerrilla war. The significant leader of the Khmer Rouge is Polpot, a Marxist-
leninist and a Khmer nationalist. Estimates range from 1.5 to 3 million people died at the hands of the
Khmer Rouge, with the consensus being approximately 2 million. Unlike other genocides, Cambodian
genocide have no exception and would kill all of them. The genocide last for 4 years, from 1975 to 1979.

Hao: The Cambodian genocide started in 1975 when Lon Nol was overthrown by the Khmer Rouge, led
by Pol Pot. Pol Pot came to power and under his leadership of the country, an estimated of 1.5 million to
3 million people died due to forced labor, starvation, disease, torture, or execution. His period of office
came to an end in 1979 with the invasion of the Vietnamese. He was overthrown by the Vietnamese in
January 1979, bringing the genocide to an end.

Arthur: From 1975 until 1979, Cambodia was ruled by the Khmer Rouge, a communist
organization. It was led by Pol Pot at the time. Their atrocities killed 1 million to 2 million
Cambodians. Vietnam overthrew the Khmer Rouge in 1979. The Khmer Rouge has no specific
target; they will execute members of other religions, intelligent people, intelligent-looking
people, and those who resist or are suspected of revolting.

Using the above, create ten questions about the Cambodian Genocide - Individual
Hao:

1. Who is Pol Pot? What is his belief?

2. Who is Lon Nol?
3. What is the Khmer Rouge?
4. Why was the Khmer Rouge established?
5. Why did they want to overthrow Lon Nol?
6. What happened from 1975 to 1979?
7. Did anyone prevent the genocide?
8. what did the Vietnamese do?
9. What kind of people were targeted? How many and how?
10. What did Pol Pot do during his time in power?

Henry:

1) Who is Pol Pot?

2) How long did the Khmer Rouge last?
3) How many people were killed in Cambodian genocide?
4) When did the Khmer Rouge’s government be established?
5) Who was the target of the Cambodian genocide?
6) When did the Khmer Rouge’s government end?
7) Who is Nuon Chea?
8) Who is Khieu Samphan?
9) What is Cambodian genocide?
10) Who is Kaing Guek Eav?
TonyP:

1) Who is Pol Pot?

2) What are the causes of the Cambodian genocide?
3) What led to the Cambodian genocide?
4) Why the Cambodian genocide kill all of them, but not a specific ethnic?
5) Who is Khieu Samphan?
6) Who is Nuon Chea?
7) Who is Ieng Sary?
8) Who is Ieng Thirith?
9) How many people were killed in the Cambodian genocide?
10) Who was the target of the Cambodian genocide?
Arthur:

1) How did people escape Cambodia to other countries?

2) What did Pol Pot think of his atrocities after the Khmer rouge has ended?
3) Why did the Khmer Rouge kill smart people?
4) Did Pol Pot want to kill the Cambodian or did someone tell him to do it?
5) What were the reason for the birth of the Khmer Rouge
6) Were there any benefit that came out of the Khmer Rouge
7) Why no one come to stop the Khmer Rouge?
8) Who was the most violent person in the Khmer Rouge?
9) Did Pol Pot feel any type of guilt killing his people?
10) Were there any rebellion groups?

You will need to look at who, what, why, where, when. How did it start? How did
it stop?
Who: Pol Pot
What: Khmer Rouge, a communist organization. It was led by Pol Pot at the time.
Why: The Khmer Rouge Was born by the teachings of Mao Zedong and his
rejection of urban and Western ideas. The eradication of private business and
property.
Where: Cambodia
When: 1975-1979
How did it start: In 1960, a tiny group of Cambodians led by Pol Pot and Nuon
Chea discreetly created the Cambodian Communist Party. It steadily strengthened
its dominance in the countryside during a nearly five-year civil conflict. In 1975,
Khmer Rouge soldiers took seized the capital, Phnom Penh, and hence the whole
country.
How did it end: On January 7, 1979, Vietnamese soldiers overrun Phnom Penh,
Cambodia's capital, deposing the horrific government of Pol Pot and the Khmer
Rouge.

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