Cambodian genocide

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The Cambodian genocide was the mass killing and persecution of millions of Cambodians under the Khmer Rouge regime led by Pol Pot between 1975 and 1979.

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instanceOf crime against humanity
genocide
mass killing
politicide
aftermath diaspora of Cambodians
mass graves discovery
refugee crisis
trauma in Cambodian society
alsoKnownAs Khmer Rouge genocide NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath disease
execution
forced labor
starvation
commemoratedBy Cambodian Genocide Memorials NERFINISHED
Choeung Ek Genocidal Center NERFINISHED
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum NERFINISHED
convictedLeaders Kaing Guek Eav NERFINISHED
Khieu Samphan NERFINISHED
Nuon Chea NERFINISHED
country Cambodia
endedBy Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia NERFINISHED
fall of Khmer Rouge regime
endEvent Vietnamese capture of Phnom Penh
establishment of People’s Republic of Kampuchea
endTime 1979
estimatedDeaths 1700000
2000000
ideology Khmer nationalism
Maoism
agrarian socialism
anti-intellectualism
anti-urbanism
ultra-Maoism
leaderOfPerpetrators Pol Pot NERFINISHED
legalRecognition Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia NERFINISHED
United Nations-backed tribunals NERFINISHED
location Choeung Ek NERFINISHED
Democratic Kampuchea NERFINISHED
Killing Fields NERFINISHED
Phnom Penh NERFINISHED
S-21 prison NERFINISHED
Tuol Sleng prison NERFINISHED
partOf Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia NERFINISHED
perpetrator Khmer Rouge NERFINISHED
policy abolition of markets
abolition of money
collectivization of agriculture
establishment of rural communes
forced evacuation of cities
mass imprisonment
purges within Khmer Rouge
reeducation
torture
relatedEvent Cambodian Civil War NERFINISHED
U.S. bombing of Cambodia NERFINISHED
Vietnam War NERFINISHED
startTime 1975
targetedGroup Buddhist monks
Cambodian intellectuals
ethnic Cham Muslims
ethnic Chinese Cambodians
ethnic Thai Cambodians
ethnic Vietnamese
former government officials
professionals
royalists
suspected political opponents
urban residents
timePeriod 1970s

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Democratic Kampuchea notableEvent Cambodian genocide
Democratic Kampuchea responsibleFor Cambodian genocide
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army associatedWith Cambodian genocide
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge genocide
Pol Pot notableEvent Cambodian genocide
Khieu Samphan associatedWithEvent Cambodian genocide
Cambodia: Year One aboutEvent Cambodian genocide
First They Killed My Father mainSubject Cambodian genocide
Choeung Ek genocide center associatedEvent Cambodian genocide
subject surface form: Choeung Ek Genocide Center
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge purges
Swimming to Cambodia associatedWith Cambodian genocide
this entity surface form: Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge
Year Zero historicalContext Cambodian genocide