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  1. Vor einem Tag · The Cambodian genocide [a] was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens [b] by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, nearly 25% of Cambodia's population in 1975 ( c. 7.8 million).

    • Pol Pot

      Ideologically a communist and a Khmer ethnonationalist, he...

  2. 15. Mai 2024 · Khmer Rouge. Pol Pot (born May 19, 1925, Kompong Thom province, Cambodia—died April 15, 1998, near Anlong Veng, along the Cambodia-Thailand border) was a Khmer political leader who led the Khmer Rouge totalitarian regime (1975–79) in Cambodia that imposed severe hardships on the Cambodian people.

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  3. Vor 4 Tagen · The Khmer Rouge regime was one of the most brutal and murderous in modern history, responsible for the deaths of up to two million people in just four years. Its legacy continues to shape Cambodia today, even as the country strives to move forward and rebuild.

  4. 3. Mai 2024 · Published: May 3, 2024. copy page link. Print Page. Bettina Cirone/IMAGES/Getty Images. Dith Pran was a Cambodian photojournalist known for exposing the horrors of life under Pol Pot’s Khmer...

  5. Vor einem Tag · Causes of the Cambodian Genocide. A publication by Kent State geographers sheds more light on the causes of the Cambodian genocide that wiped out roughly a quarter of the country’s population in the late 1970s.