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Cambodian genocide

The Cambodian genocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens by the Khmer Rouge under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of approximately 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, around 25% of Cambodia's population in 1975 (c. 7.8 million).

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Location
Democratic Kampuchea (present-day Cambodia)
Attack type
Genocide, cultural genocide, starvation, forced labour, torture, mass rape, summary execution
Date
17 April 1975 – 7 January 1979 (3 years, 8 months and 20 days)
Deaths
1.2–2.2 million
Motive
Establishment of an agrarian socialist society based on Maoist principles · Cultural reset (Year Zero) · Khmer nationalism and racism · Xenophobia · Anti-Vietnamese sentiment
Perpetrators
Khmer Rouge, Kampuchea Revolutionary Army, Santebal, Communist Party of Kampuchea

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Torture and human experimentation

After Democratic Kampuchea

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related to The Cambodian Genocide Project · 28
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related to Denial of the genocide · 26
Cambodian genocide → According, Alex Alvarez, April, Cambodia, Cambodian, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun, Canadian Workers' Communist Party, During, European, François Ponchaud, Holocaust, In, Khmer Rouge, Khmer Rouge's, Lon Nol, Nate Thayer, Pol Pot, Sen, Soviet Union, Thai
related to Classicide · 21
Cambodian genocide → According, As, Buddhist, Cambodia's, Cambodian, Cold War, Due, Europe, Even, Holocaust, Khmer, Khmer Rouge, Martin Shaw, Pol Pot, Roma, Samuel Totten, Serbians, The, The British, The Khmer Rouge
Motive · 8
Cambodian genocide → Anti-intellectualism, Anti-religious sentiment, Anti-Vietnamese sentiment, Anti-Western sentiment, Cultural reset (Year Zero), Establishment of an agrarian socialist society based on Maoist principles, Khmer nationalism and racism, Xenophobia
see also · 8
Cambodian genocide → Allegations, Cambodia, Chinese FamineGreat Leap ForwardIntelligenzaktionMass, Freedom DealGenocides, Genocide, Khmer RougeBa Chúc, United States, Zone
related to Recognition of rescuers · 6
Cambodian genocide → Australian, Care, Courage, Similar, The Cambodian, The Rescuers
related to External links · 4
Cambodian genocide → Cambodian, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Attack type · 1
Cambodian genocide → Genocide, cultural genocide, starvation, forced labour, torture, mass rape, summary execution
Date · 1
Cambodian genocide → 17 April 1975 – 7 January 1979 (3 years, 8 months and 20 days)

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Cambodian genocideAttack typeGenocide, cultural genocide, starvation, forced labour, torture, mass rape, summary execution1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideDate17 April 1975 – 7 January 1979 (3 years, 8 months and 20 days)1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideDeaths1.2–2.2 million1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideLocationDemocratic Kampuchea (present-day Cambodia)1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideMotiveEstablishment of an agrarian socialist society based on Maoist principles1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideMotiveCultural reset (Year Zero)1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideMotiveKhmer nationalism and racism1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideMotiveXenophobia1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideMotiveAnti-Vietnamese sentiment1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideMotiveAnti-Western sentiment1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideMotiveAnti-intellectualism1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideMotiveAnti-religious sentiment1.00infobox
Cambodian genocidePerpetratorsKhmer Rouge, Kampuchea Revolutionary Army, Santebal, Communist Party of Kampuchea1.00infobox
Cambodian genocideTargetCambodia's previous military and political leadership, middle-class professionals, businesspeople, intellectuals and ethnic, linguistic, and religious minorities1.00infobox

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