Projects: Cambodia |
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Vuth's Story Being born in Cambodia, I was always taught to hate my neighboring countries. I said to myself that I would never make friends with Vietnamese or Thai people. I hated them and I wanted my countrymen to revenge them for the wrongdoings that they have done to us. |
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Samphois' Story When I was young I lived with my grandparents. Frequently I heard my grandfather and his friends talking about their relatives who died and were lost during the Khmer Rouge regime. I asked my grandfather about his children and he said that he had three daughters and two sons. "Why do I see only my mum," I asked? |
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Vichhra's Story When I heard the words "Khmer Rouge" as a girl, a lot of questions came to me. I did not know why the regime existed in my country. At school I learned only a little about the Khmer Rouge and much of it did not make sense. How were people forced to work long hours in the field harvesting rice, but not have enough to eat? |
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Life After the Khmer Rouge |
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Grandpa (Soung) Chea's Story In April of 1975, Grandpa Chea and millions of Cambodians were forced to leave their homes. Grandpa Chea and his family were evacuated from their home in Svay Rieng province (southeastern Cambodia) and forced to walk around 400 kilometers to Battambang province in the northwestern region of the country. The trip to Battambang was incredibly strenuous. Grandpa Chea saw his country being turned into work camps and his countrymen being turned into slaves. |
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Grandpa (Hoeung) Chen's Story During the Khmer Rouge regime Cambodians forced into labor camps were given very little to eat. Grandpa Chen remembers only getting one cup of water with several grains of rice to eat some days. One day, his saw a group of people eating sticky rice. This was strictly forbidden by the Khmer Rouge. They let Grandpa Chen’s brother eat some of the sticky rice with them, but the people told him that he must be killed if he told anyone. |
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Auntie Socheata's Family Story During the Pol Pot regime, Cambodian people had to tell the Khmer Rouge that they were full after every meal, even though they were normally served only a very small amount of rice or porridge each day. If anyone said that they had not eaten enough or that they were not full, the Khmer Rouge would severely punish and even kill them. |