Turning a Blind Eye The Implications of Failing to Recognize the Cambodian Genocide
Yoshimoto, Matthew
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Title
Turning a Blind Eye The Implications of Failing to Recognize the Cambodian Genocide
Author(s)
Yoshimoto, Matthew
Issue Date
2024-05-01
Keyword(s)
Cambodian genocide
Cambodia
Date of Ingest
2026-01-16T14:49:39-06:00
Abstract
Sisowath was one of the millions of Cambodians who lost family members when the Khmer Rouge held power from 1975 to 1979. In this time, the Khmer ethnic group committed hundreds of crimes against humanity and murdered between 1.2 and 2.8 million people, which was between 13 and 30 percent of Cambodia's population. Sisowath was horrified when he learned that “the brutality of [his father’s] punishment was so extreme that even the executioner himself could not speak of it without shock.” Atrocities like these under Khmer rule traumatized but simultaneously inspired people like Sisowath to dedicate their lives to unearthing the horrors that the regime committed.
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