Citizens at first welcomed the Khmer Rouge in Phnom Penh (Photo: Historywiz.com)
The victorious Khmer Rouge paraded through Phnom Penh (Photo: Historywiz.com)
The forced evacuation of Phnom Penh in April 1975 (Photo: Historywiz.com)
Forced march (Photo: Historywiz.com)
Forced march (Photo: Khmer Rouge Trial Web Portal)
Forced labor (Photo: Khmer Rouge Trial Web Portal)
Forced labor (Photo: Khmer Rouge Trial Web Portal)
9 comments:
i'm glad someone brought this idea about. i think they should make documentary based on interviews of the khmer survivors of what happened, what they saw, where they at at the time of the evacuation of phnom penh and cambodia, etc... i would be interested to watch this kind of survivors documentary films about this dark day of cambodian history. god bless.
khmer people need a lot of encouragement to talk about this painful period of our life and history. there ought to be some kind of reprieve for this. as much as many khmer people would like to forget it, i think it is important to tell the story your the world can understand what did happen in cambodia during under the KR. the more surivors talk about it, the better informed the world will be of it.
I was at the brink of wiping out this old memory, until I saw these pictures again.
Bring back tears and countless nightmare. I zoom in on every face that was in the pictures to see if I recognize anyone, but none matched my deteriorate memories.
I am overwhelmed with sadness to see all those people who raised their arms with victorious defeat, but didn't realize the outcome of this devastation that's awaiting them.
I just hope one day that the "why" question will be answered before my dying day.
Akhmerican
I was there, I was not happy at all, even wars were ended, I was afraid to die, they were too strangers to be friend..
I'm right, they were really very mad.
1) Kampuchea Democratic vs. Khmer Republic
2) Khmer Republic overthrown
3) Killing Fields
Death to ah Sihaknuk the king of the khmer rouge
How does one brainwashed the other human being to killed mercifully with so much hate? It's worst than revenge killing. We never met them nor cross path with them. A complete stranger sharing the same religious. The only things that hurt the most is.....we all sharing the same blood line. May God bless us all.
Victim of KR
actually, it's healthy to talk about our pain and suffering. it destresses us, believe it or not, but it takes a lot of courage to do so, though. crying is a way to destress as many studies indicated why people shaded tears.
yes, shading tears shouldn't be a taboo, really! it's not necessarily a sign of weakness; that's outdated thinking. i like to look at it as destressing, especially when it comes to greiving, pain and hurts, etc... did you know in childbirth, women screamed, etc... it's to release that life-saving hormone called "oxytocin" to relief pains during childbirth. so, it's not all that bad, really! it just take education and understanding, that's all. be yourself is better way in life. god bless cambodia.
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