Cambodian genocide
TitleThe Cambodian genocide
Author
Edition4th edition
Call number364.151/0024
Object number10022i
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherRoutledge
Year of publication
2013
Physical descriptionpp317-353
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780415871921
NotesArticle from the book 'Centuries of genocide: essays and eyewitness accounts' pp317-353
Description
In the first few weeks after Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge in April 1975, the nation's cities were evacuated, hospitals emptied, schools closed, factories deserted. Freedom of the press disappeared. During the years 1975-1979 Democratic Kampuchea (DK) was a prison camp state, and the 8 million prisoners served most of their time in solitary confinement. In that time, 1.7, million of the inmates were worked, starved and beaten to death