Killing Fields - Cambodia 1975

In April 1975 the Khmer Rouge under Paul pot, seized control of Cambodia. For the next few years the country slipped into a dark age of torture, killings and misery. Here are some pages dvoted to the episode: The Cambodian Mission Outreach

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Dark memories of Cambodia's killing spree


Before the Holocaust: The End of Cambodia

 

Gotthard,

Another Holocaust.

Man never seems to learn the lessons from the past, much the pity.

Regards
Tom

 

I remember the movie "Killing Fields"; it is still fresh in my memory. And it still happens. Again and again...

 

Tom,
You are dead on in your assessment, another holocaust indeed. What got me interested in it was an article published in the observer about Cambodia's lost pop stars, 60's and 70's pop stars who were annihilated in the Killing Fields entitled "Voices from the Killing Fields". I'm not a fan of the genre but it was astonishing to see that the Khmer rouge had literally killed an entire genre of music by killing off its top stars. Very very tragic and sad. Here is the article (should you be interested): A voice from the killing fields | Music | Observer Music Monthly

Here is some of the music by the artists featured in the article:

YouTube - Ros Sereysothea

 

Photographs | Cambodian Genocide Program | Yale University

Here is a collection of photographs of prisoners of the regime amongst others

 

Gotthard,

I believe that there is a Genocide trial being conducted at the moment with a past High ranking member of the Khmer Rouge.

It took the Vietnamese to oust the regime, unfortunately I never delved too much into SE Asia affairs.
But from what I know it was a very messy business.

Regards
Tom

 

I was always remember seeing a place that was just filled with skulls, awful.

 

Not related to the killing fields of Cambodia, however when I was serving in Vietnam in a U.S. Army Aviation unit we flew into Cambodia and had to wear civilian clothes.

This thread just reminded me of it.

 

Similar events, what ever you want to refer to them as whether you call them genocide, holocaust,etc have happened after the events of World War II, it's a shame only a few of them are brought to light and investigated.