Killing Fields
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The Killing Fields are a network of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were executed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime during the period of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. The
Mass graves at the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek
A commemorative stupa at Choeung Ek containing the skulls of victims
Human remains exposed at Choeung Ek after seasonal rainfall
Victim photographs displayed at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Security Prison 21 (S-21)
Cambodian genocide
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The Cambodian genocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens by the Khmer Rouge under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of approximately 2 mill
Killing Fields
…people were executed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime during the period of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. The killings formed part of the Cambodian genocide, in which an estimated 1.7 to 2.2 million people died through execution, forced labour, starvation, and disease under the rule of the Communist Party…
Skulls at the Choeung Ek memorial in Cambodia
Pol Pot in 1978
Mao Zedong, Peng Zhen, Norodom Sihanouk and Liu Shaoqi (1965)