Cambodia Genocide

For four years from 1975 to 1979 the brutal Khmer Rouge regime caused the deaths of up to two million people in one of the most horrific episodes of mass killing of the century. It left behind a nation of traumatized survivors, including both victims and victimizers.

Victims and Perpetrators


  • Side by Side Now in Cambodia: Skulls, Victims and Killers

    • TRAPAENG SVA, Cambodia,
    May 27, 1996 : When the air grows still and heavy here in this pretty village far from any paved road, people say they sometimes...

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  • "We were victims too:" A Khmer Rouge Executioner Looks Back

    • ANLONG SAN, Cambodia,
    March 9, 2009 : “We were victims, too,” said Him Huy, the head of the guard detail at the Tuol Sleng torture house, who...

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    Survivors speak: Trapped by their memories

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia,
    May 13, 2009 : Looking across the courtroom where he is on trial for crimes against humanity, the chief Khmer Rouge torturer cannot ...

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    At Cremation Of Pol Pot, No Tears Shed

    CHONG SA-NGAM, Thailand,
    April 18, 1998 : First a thin white plume rose into the gray sky above the forest here on the Thai-Cambodian border. Then a cascade ...

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