Pol Pot: The Power Of The Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge, a horrifying experience for the people who were there during those times. Some people were lucky to escape into Thailand but, the people who were not lucky were in hell. Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge over threw the king of Cambodia and stated that “1975 was year zero for his country, resetting the culture of Cambodian people and wiping away old traditions and history so that revolutionaries could rebuild the nation.” “Banks, churches, schools, newspapers, radio, television stations, and any other remnants of a free press were shut down.” People in the city of Cambodia were forced from their homes walking on foot to the countryside to work as farmers. How was the Khmer Rouge able to keep their power? The King
My mom and her family were lucky to escape into Thailand but for my dad and his family, they were too far away from Thailand and were part of the people who had to work in farms from dawn to dusk separated from each other. My dad said “that about every month the Khmer Rouge let everybody go back to their village and spend time with their family for like 3 days, then have to come back and go back to work.” One day the Vietnam invaded Cambodia and during the war, many people escape. My dad and his family were luckily together at the time they can go back to their village and spend time together, so they escape to Thailand. From there they came into a refugee camp and was there from 3 months. In the end there about 1.7 million of Cambodian died and thanks to the invasion of from Vietnam, the Khmer Rouge fell. Because of the Khmer Rouge forced the people from the city of Cambodia to the countryside to work as farmer, they were able to keep them afraid, tired and starving. I learn that for about 4 years the people who survived the Khmer Rouge event had to experience hell, working from dawn to dust, eating little food every two days, and getting separated from your family, the most horrifying event in Khmer