What role does oral history play in understanding the Cambodian genocide?

Mar 10, 2005 ... "What did you do?" "We killed them," the soldier answered ... All communist states did some of the things Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge did ... Sep 1, 1999 ... How could the gentle Buddhist Cambodians become so violent? What kind of evil genius was Pol Pot, who presided over the slaughter of more than a ... The Vietnamese wanted to build up the revolutionary forces in Cambodia, but they wanted to do so by building up their own influence within the CPK. Many of ... Jul 28, 2020 ... ... Pol Pot's unbelievably brutal three-year genocidal reign of terror ... did but for what they could not help being – in the land of ... Apr 16, 2015 ... The death toll in Cambodia under Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot was most likely between 1.2 million and 2.8 million — or between 13 percent and ... Jun 11, 2015 ... You are at a crossroads where it is not possible to do what is morally right, and the only way out would be suicide. But, if you have children ... Mar 19, 2005 ... Which regime was worse? · Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge · Mao Zedong's Maoism and the Communist Party · They were both equally evil · I honestly do ... The capitalists care nothing for the hundreds of thousands who were murdered. If they did, why do they continue to support Pol Pot? In December 1981, The New ... Oct 19, 2007 ... In an effort to transform Cambodia into an agrarian society, Pol Pot emptied the cities forcing people into the country where hundreds of ... Dec 28, 2013 ... I've been trying to write this answer for about five years. I have a lot of thoughts on it, but they're hard to organise.