Author: Khamboly DyPublication year: 2007
Cost: USD 7 (PDF version is free)
Add'l info: 84 pages in English. 125 pages in Khmer
Published by: Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam)
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Foreword
Chinese diplomat Chou Ta-kuan gave the world his account of life at Angkor Wat eight hundred years ago. Since that time, others have been writing our history for us. Countless scholars have examined our most prized cultural treasure and more recently, the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979. But with Khamboly Dy’s A History of Democratic Kampuchea, Cambodians are at last beginning to investigate and record their country’s past. This new volume represents two years of research and marks the first such text written by a Cambodian.
Writing about this bleak period of history for a new generation may run the risk of re-opening old wounds for the survivors of Democratic Kampuchea. Many Cambodians have tried to put their memories of the regime behind them and move on. But we cannot progress -- much less reconcile with ourselves and others -- until we have confronted the past and understand both what happened and why it happened. Only with this understanding can we truly begin to heal.
Intended for high school students, this book is equally relevant for adults. All of us can draw lessons from our history. By facing this dark period of our past, we can learn from it and move toward becoming a nation of people who are invested in preventing future occurrences of genocide, both at home and in the myriad countries that are today facing massive human rights abuses. And by taking responsibility for teaching our children through texts such as this one, Cambodia can go forward and mold future generations who work to ensure that the seeds of genocide never again take root in our country.
Youk Chhang
Director
Documentation Center of Cambodia
The text was submitted to the Government Working Commission to Review the Draft of the History of Democratic Kampuchea. On January 3, 2007, the Commission decided that, "the text can be used as a supplementary discussion material (for teachers) and as base to write a history lesson for (high school) students.
Funding for this project was generously provided by the Soros Foundation’s Open Society Institute (OSI) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Support for DC-Cam’s operations is provided by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Swedish International Development Agency (Sida).
Foreword
Chinese diplomat Chou Ta-kuan gave the world his account of life at Angkor Wat eight hundred years ago. Since that time, others have been writing our history for us. Countless scholars have examined our most prized cultural treasure and more recently, the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979. But with Khamboly Dy’s A History of Democratic Kampuchea, Cambodians are at last beginning to investigate and record their country’s past. This new volume represents two years of research and marks the first such text written by a Cambodian.
Writing about this bleak period of history for a new generation may run the risk of re-opening old wounds for the survivors of Democratic Kampuchea. Many Cambodians have tried to put their memories of the regime behind them and move on. But we cannot progress -- much less reconcile with ourselves and others -- until we have confronted the past and understand both what happened and why it happened. Only with this understanding can we truly begin to heal.
Intended for high school students, this book is equally relevant for adults. All of us can draw lessons from our history. By facing this dark period of our past, we can learn from it and move toward becoming a nation of people who are invested in preventing future occurrences of genocide, both at home and in the myriad countries that are today facing massive human rights abuses. And by taking responsibility for teaching our children through texts such as this one, Cambodia can go forward and mold future generations who work to ensure that the seeds of genocide never again take root in our country.
Youk Chhang
Director
Documentation Center of Cambodia
The text was submitted to the Government Working Commission to Review the Draft of the History of Democratic Kampuchea. On January 3, 2007, the Commission decided that, "the text can be used as a supplementary discussion material (for teachers) and as base to write a history lesson for (high school) students.
Funding for this project was generously provided by the Soros Foundation’s Open Society Institute (OSI) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Support for DC-Cam’s operations is provided by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Swedish International Development Agency (Sida).
17 comments:
Is there a pdf version of this in Khmer?
to start resposible and care of our society.
first is to be free men who would get the most basic freedom of live with litle or no fear.
Start with no threatening from the licent killers!
REFORME THE CAMBODIAN POLICE FORCE AND ARMY.
SUCK YOUR TAIL CHINA AND USA, YOU ARE CROOK TOO!
DOES ANY HAVE HISTORY OF KAMPUJEA DURING 1979-1989 (UNDER DOMINATION OF YOUN).
WE WANT REAL HISTORY WRITTEN BY ANY ONE.
WE DON'T WANT HISTORY WRITTEN BY YOUNS OR BY CPP (Communist Pro youn Party)
This documents is a controlled history by the current CPP and Yuon. It is insignificant and avoid the truth behind it.
This book is published by Education
Ministry of Cambodia.
What are we expect to having from it ?
Youk Chhang is a small Lord in his centre ....for many years.
It's so sad to see him & Rithy Pan,Khmer-Elites,didn't have much principle in their hearts....It's a very sadness,indeed ?
And why are we whitewashing 1970-
1975? Are we afraid of the truth?
We know the Youns and Chinese were behind the killings of our people as they wanted Cambodian land. Why didn't you tell the truth? So you can't handle the truth! I spoke to survivors of Pop Pot, they told me of Chinese and Youn generals ordered the killings as the KR leadership were infiltrated, out-smart and controlled by them. Like today in Cambodia. Nothing has changed for decades. Open your eyes.
Very interesting theory that Jen and Yuon ordered to kill our
people (Ah Khmer), and not Ah
Khmer-Yuon troublemakers who you
claimed to be khmer also. Got any
idea, why that is, lok kru (5:36)?
I would have ordered to Kill Ah
Khmer-Yuons troublemakers first.
Doesn't that make mores sense?
Dear KI-Media friends et al,
Let's do it by asking each and everyone of us, friends and families and relatives to write/email to our scholars, doctors, lawyers, intellectuals and the like to, in turn, write/email to SAM RAINGSY, KEM SOKHA, RANARITH, THOMICO and other political figures to please set their personal interest asides and join in with one another to form one single democratic party to vote HUN SEN and his regime out of power in the general election of 2008.
Let's do it on a grand scale as this is may be our last chance to save our homeland and little of what we have left during this more than a three decade long of HUN SEN pro-viet regime control of CAMBODIA. Let's see that it happens and disseminated it on every Khmer site on the internet. Below is my email to Dr. Lao Mong Hay. Please help by writing yours right now. Thank you so very much for helping save Cambodia and ourselves.
Very sincerely yours,
Crazy Glue
Dear Dr. LAO Mong Hay,
I am writing to implore your understanding to write/email to SAM RAINGSY, KEM SOKHA, RANARITH, THOMICO and other KHMER political figures alike to please set their personal interest asides to join in and form ONE SIGNLE DEMOCRATIC party to vote HUN SEN and his regime out of CAMBODIA in the general elction of 2008 since this may be the only chance Camdodia has for her existence.
Very respectfully yours,
Crazy Glue
Crazy Glue is a defective product
and scam. It only works for a few
days, just like the newly to be
formed Democratic Movement.
6:53 AM ok lokk fucker let me tell you something as Lork Kru. Your quote "Very interesting theory that Jen and Yuon ordered to kill our
people (Ah Khmer), and not Ah
Khmer-Yuon troublemakers who you
claimed to be khmer also."
Answer: Ah Khmer-Youn is Ah Yuon and Ah Jen, if you want to confirm that ask Xihanouk and Hun Xen about it. It would be stupid to kill yourself as Ah Khmer-Yuon. See the deception there?
"Got any idea, why that is, lok kru(5:36)?I would have ordered to Kill Ah Khmer-Yuons troublemakers first. Doesn't that make mores sense?"
Answer: Yes it would make more sense but Ah Khmer is not in control but Ah Khmer-Yuon instead got that motherfucker?
Here is a list of Ah Khmer-Yuon:
1. Xihanouk
2. Hun Xen etc.....
My advise get out now before they fuck up your brain motherfucker.
So now, you are telling that Ah
Khmer-Yuons is Yuons and Jens?
And if Ah Khmer-Yuons is in
control, why are they running
around begging for help?
I am lost, lok kru (5:14).
2:06 AM well Korn Sers Pler, Ah Khmer-Yuon running around begging because the scum bag need money and buy weapons to shut and extort Khmer for more money. Got that fucker? do you know how much fucker like Hun Sen is begging for and it start from that. Now you are confused ah Pler. You are not lost but found yourself trap in your own theory. LOL. LMAO.
Just to verify that again just look at the current CPP government now they are a bunch of Khmer-Yuon and all of them fuck each other up like mix bawl of salads. LOL
I am not lost in my own theory. I
am lost in your smoke bombs, lok
kru (4:20). Since when the CPP has
became Ah Khmer-Yuons? Right now,
Ah Khmer-Yuons don't even like CPP.
Wake up, lok Kru.
hey, ass hole! Just admit that you are lost, mother fucker!
Yes, I am lost with the craps you
are trying to sell us, you idiot.
This message goes out to Cambodian people.
I hope the majority of us would be on the same wavelength.
Please be cooperative and be optimistic. I am sure there no gain by fighting to each other. Try to make thing for the better no mater how hard it is. That is what life should be. I guess that this concept is not inspired by political party!!!!!
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