My parents suffered and survived this horrific point in history. Thank you guys over at The Infographics team for shedding a light on a very untouched topic in modern history classes and courses. It truly means a lot to survivors of this time.

For those who don’t know, Nightmare on Elm Street was inspired by a Khmer Rouge child refugee. This is quoted from an article: “He recounted the story of a refugee child from the Cambodian genocide, who was terrified to sleep for fear that he would be attacked in his dreams and never wake up.”

His hatred of educated people is obviously rooted to his failure in school. Like a certain Austrian who failed in Art school

The fact that the US knew about the Cambodian genocide before Vietnam exposed the regime's atrocities to the world, US still supported the Khmer Rouge because of the US loss in Vietnam war

Remember this fact: US and China were supporting Polpot. And when Vietnam fighting Kmer Rouge, US called international for blacklisting and sanctioning Vietnam. China also started a war with Vietnam soon after knowing that Vietnamese army were fighting many enemies at once (Vietnam still kind of won that war with China lol)

My poor parents are still traumatized from him and what they have witnessed during his reign.

Vietnam basically stopped this man on its own just for the Americans and Chinese to make sure he kept some sort of power all because they hated Vietnam more lol

Fun facts: most of the victims weren't killed by bullets. Due to shortage of ammunitions. beheading or smashing victim's skull by shovel were common methods. Even disembowelment in some cases. grosteque stuff.

This should have been taught in schools. This atrocity should never be forgotten. Look into the horrors that was S-21.

So much destruction from a man that sounded like a bowl of steamed rice.

Imagine your teacher being one of the worst dictators in the world

My grandfather was a wealthy general. He was tortured to death, beaten with bamboo sticks. That's how he died. My family lived in those camps and endured the reign. A lot of educated Cambodians had to play dumb to live.

One of the most evil men in history and he gets house arrest? Makes sense

I had the privilege of visiting Cambodia a few years ago and the museums dedicated to the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge were heartbreaking. There were pictures of soldiers tossing babies and other soldiers holding a bayonet upright and I won’t explain the rest. We were told that because so many of the older generation were executed, Cambodia lost a lot of its culture - foods, education, history, etc. The Cambodian people are incredible because even after experiencing something like that, I saw people trying to reestablish their culture and reclaim what was lost. Go Cambodia!!!

The Vietnamese really are the heroes of this situation. Although my country fought against Vietnam, I have to admire their struggle to unify their country and then end the genocide in Cambodia.

My dad wasn't in Cambodia at the time and my mom was born after this horrible point but my grandma had to suffer badly but she survived and I'm thankful she is still here

My mom had 10 siblings, only 4 survived.

“And like almost all terrible events that occurred in the 70’s, Nixon got involved” 😂😂😂

*Being a Vietnamese with the freedom to learn information, including documents from the West. I admit that the West has told a different story to change the fact that they support the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime, and claim that Vietnam invaded Cambodia, then embargoed Vietnam. If Vietnam invaded Cambodia, Cambodia cannot be an independent country now*

I have a co-worker of mine who was born in 1961 in Cambodia. He doesn't talk about it ever, but I heard he had to live in the jungle for 2 months, his entire family were killed beforehand. Truly horrible things humans can do.

Watch the movie: "First they killed my father" and you will understand how brutal PolPot was. Skulls were everywhere. Had it not been for the Vietnamese, Cambodia would have gone back go stone age. Too bad this video mentioned this very briefly.

There was a movie about a girl during this time called "first they killed my father" its pretty depressing and i probably wouldn't survive givin the same situation the fact that vietnam was the one trying to stop them from committing atrocities while america and china were funding them makes me question what other unethical things the government does

Although the Khmer Rouge was very cruel, when the Vietnamese army entered Cambodia to hunt them down, the world turned its back on Vietnam and said it was an act of aggression.

My mom’s father was gathered to join the Khmer Rouge army, which forced him to abandon my grandmother and his 4 barely-grownup children including my mom. Not knowing that was the last time they saw each other. Up till this day, I asked my mom does she even remember her father’s face? She said “no, not even found his body to bury.” I can’t imagine how traumatized she encountered at that very young age of hers.

Fact 1: Phnom Penh almost fell in 1973 when the Khmer Rouge assaulted the city. US air support and bombing pushed them off and delayed the fell of Phnom Penh by 2 years. Fact 2: There are more than 190 killing fields (reeducation camp) around Cambodia; some disappeared, but most of them are still visible. Fact 3: Pol Pot's regime killed so much doctors from the previous government that when the Pol Pot's regime fell, less than 50 professional doctors survived the regime.

This guy makes 1984 look like a story for kids

the world and the United Nations still owe Vietnam an apology!

I'm Vietnamese and my ma used to tell me stories about a refugee Cambodian lady going to middle school with her in the era. She said some of the little Pol Pots would hold infants by the ankles top down and tear them in half chicken wing style to conserve bullets.

I remember seeing skulls in a well in a buddhist temple in Siem Reap

My mom always telling me to eat fast and not picky about food. She said back in Khmer Rough reign I wouldn't survive, if I don't do that.

I can’t believe there were men as sick as him willing to actually enforce these orders. Us humans can be true monsters.

US: Help China: :< I can't beat him too:< Vietnam: So you two scared? Polpot: hmm... US and China: Let's support Polpot

My grandfather lost almost all his family member.He had 8 siblings and his parents.However,there were only 3 members including him alive.

he killed my grandpa by blindfold him then throw him into a spike pit my grandma and dad watched in horror and madness and i never got to see my grandpa's face. edit: at the age of 14 I get to see my grandpa's old pics for the first time.

9:50 - I'm surprised they told the truth - that the Vietnamese were the liberators, and that the yanks supported the regime (though they HEAVILY glossed over how much the yanks helped).

My parents were born a few years after the end of the Khmer Rogue, but my grandparents were more than likely young at the time with their parents being killed in the process (my great grandparents). I’ve always wanted to learn about Cambodia history from my family, but since the Khmer Rogue is one of the most important parts of it all, I’m always afraid to ask. Thank you for creating such a video, I can now sort of see what my grandparents and great grandparents had to go through. My grandpa is a very harsh man and I’m guessing this event is one of the reasons why if not the biggest.

It's a holiday in Cambodia Where you'll do what you're told It's a holiday in Cambodia Where the slums got so much soul

probably the most underexposed dictator and genocide in history of humans. there should be a new mainstream movie made in his name, about his atrocities so the modern world will know and won't forget what this evil dictator had done. the 80s movie "the killing fields" is still a great watch today, as well as the recent angelina jolie movie "first they killed my father". both were great at telling about the khmer rouge.

He's so ruthless that his vietnamese comrades liberated cambodia from his rule

Legendary talented people were killed at that time.

Bruh, he couldn't just relax and use skillshare to become a painter in art school instead, smh.

My global history class in high school didnt even mention him! Ive learned way more on youtube in the past 2 year than in all of high school tbh. Thanks for educating us!

Quite sad, my family lived through this from 1975 --> 1979, my mom still traumatized by this. My uncle (a teacher), was first to get killed. Family of one of my aunt (distant relative from my father side), all died except her (family of 20), she has been living with us since 1985.

A friend I work with lost his six siblings and his parents under the regime. The irony is you couldn't meet a more happy go-lucky guy. I guess that's the best way to deal with it. He was adopted, grew up in Canada and married his Cambodian American wife and they have a 14 year old girl. I guess that's how he's gotten on-just tried to remake a new life for himself. I am reminded of how lucky I am every time I think of his life's story (my dad made it to 70 before dying of diseases, my moms still alive as are my 4 siblings.

I went to a popular prison complex in Phnom Penh that used to be an all girls high school. There was bullet holes, old blood splatter, fingernails scratched into the wall, the torture devices they used, the paintings of the tortures, and a picture/signed confession of every single person who came in (about 5,000-20,000). And of those 5-20k, 3 came out alive.. It was one of the most sobering experiences of my life and I recommend everyone see it. Not because its cool or fun, but because it is horrible and awful and must be known and remembered by all.

Ah all my fellow Cambodians born around a few years ago, may we agree that our parents always talked about this? Describing their survival stories, how their brave brothers would go out and steal food risking their lives in labor camps? Also are there any other Khmer people here?

As a Cambodian-Russian blood, my grandmother daughter her name ms.roth was a happy person from my gramma, she told me the story of her daughter death cause, the genocide was a brutal things I’ve learn from Khmer history, she died during 1978 from starvation.

Thank you so much for having manually written subtitles. Means a lot

I've been to S21 and the killing fields when I was visiting Cambodia. It's heartbreaking to see all the pain and suffering the Khmer rouge caused during that time.

The museum of the killing fields, which I visited in 2014, is by far the most impressive museum I have visited. It was so horrifying to see how brutal the regime was.

College kids here in Europe and America: "that wasn't real Communism"...

my grandparents hid under dead bodies, pretended to be dumb, and escaped to thailand with my mom and my aunt. my grandpa described both of them as very frail and small because it was very hard to get food. if it weren’t for them i wouldn’t be here right now. my grandpa told us only a few details about what he meant through because everything else is just too graphic. sadly, my grandma passed away a long time ago. i’m so glad my grandpa is happy with my new grandma. they make everything so fun

I visited there as a teenager and I almost fainted learning about this while there; I cannot imagine what it was like for the poor souls who had to live and experience what went on there

Angelina Jolie directed the movie 'first they killed my father' it talks about a true story of what life was like under pol pot's rule. I highly recommend its.

My parents escaped that nightmare and finally went back to visit this Thursday. They will be finally reuniting with their family in over 40 years

i watched his last ever interview, it was actually terrifying to see how calm and innocent he was.

Hey I live in Cambodia now, I want to know why it is has a lot of skull? on the picture, now I find this video and listen to it, and I know now, thank you it's video is really helpful.

I'm just going to go straight to the point. I don't know what to say.

My dad was born 8 years before Khmer rouge. He survived (1968-1976)

Bro, a friend of mine was someone who suffered from this. His grandma died

Kim Jong un (if he's alive lol): sees this Also Kim Jong un:hmm maybe I'm not opressive enough I need to make coughing illegal

I’ve been to the killing fields and the high school when I visited Cambodia when I was 28. Was so sad. Still clothing sticking out of the mass grave pits and collection plates if you find any bones. We put a few teeth in there. A very sobering experience and happened not that long ago!

From a merciless dictator to an Opera singer, what a time to be alive.

I visited Cambodia in early 2020 and without any doubt I can tell you that the cambodians were one of the most kind hearted and gentle people but the genuine pain of the late 70s was still quite visible in them, the lack of educated professionals is since a problem their especially in the medical sector where people are resorting to traditional tribal organic healing practices, I with my family visited that high school turned dystopian centre which currently acts as a museum and those graphic and heart trembling instances still terrify me, my parents couldn't listen to the information provided and within few moments of our museum tour, they left and sat on a nearby bench.

When are history teachers gonna just play infographics videos everyday.

And he was never brought to justice ..for war crimes..

I studied this in University. Most heartbreaking thing i've ever learned about.

Buddy of mine was 14 when he was in one of Pol Pots camps. Chilling stuff he’s told me.

First they Killed My Father is an amazing book to read abt this horrible event

My mom was born in his reign She is still traumatize till today

Some elders that escaped to oversea, they're still in fear to come back to their homeland. It hurts them so much to come back, to where most of their relatives lost their lives to Khmer Rogue.

My grandfather and grandmother met during pol pots regime, both were rich before it, came out poor after, my grandma is a really happy person though, but I'm not sure about my grandfather haven't seen him in a while, he just watches anime in his room and it's lockdown anyways

I know that his name is a nome de guerre, but never knew that it's short for Politique Potentiale. Thanks infographics!

I just watched this video with my Khmer (Cambodian) girlfriend. Her grandparents survived this regime and there are many dark and horrifying stories not taught to the wider world

My grandma use to told me about her past and this is her past and I’m so glad she survived

My grandfather would have to keep chickens and have them lay eggs. When he lost a chicken, he lost a finger. I never had a chance to see my grandfather.

Thank you so much for making this video! My mother is Cambodian and the stories she tells me of the genocide r truly horrific. I'm happy that more people can learn about what happened as most people don't know much about it.

Everybody else: Why haven't we heard of this guy before!? *Me, who watched Deadliest Warrior*

When the vietnam war ended , we have lots of divisions and army corps, and those were used to liberate cambodia, but when china attacked the north provinces we have to split apart and thanks to soviet support we successed in repelling the chinese attack

Thank you for acknowledging my country's history. Send a love to you from Cambodia 🇰🇭

"He killed a quarter of his country" Solano Lopez: Are you challenging me ?

I had to learn about the Khmer Rouge as part of the history curriculum in high school, because we also had to learn about WWII. There was no getting out of it. If we tried to get out of it, we could potentially fail the class if we didn't have a passing grade. If we had a passing grade, we still had to learn about it or risk having a lower grade. This was in 12th grade. We had to watch the documentaries tied to "Première Ils Avent Mourtent Mon Père (First They Killed My Father)" and "The Killing Fields". We also had to read the associated books. I was absolutely horrified beyond belief. In the U.S., so many of my fellow college students tout socialism, and don't even know what they're talking about. My point is, be careful for what you wish for. You don't want to live like that.

thx i really needed this information i need make a presentation about my country

My parents were children during the killing fields. My mother lost her father who was executed at the camp and my father lost his younger brother as they ran from the camps.

Xi Jin Ping : Stares at the ground

timestamp 4:04 the vietnamese sasquatch appears behind the tent

Im Cambodian and mad .my grandma is still tromtiesed😢

A great movie about the Khmer Rouge is The Killing Fields. It really illustrates how insane and horrifying this era was in Cambodia.

Been there in 2018. Very impressive. Loved my stay in Cambodia. Greetings from the Netherlands

how america always finds a way to intervene in a war and make it seem like it's their problems is beyond me

Fun fact. After the Vietnamese done with the Kmer Rogue , some of its tank regiment go the wrong way and went into Thailand border. The Thai thought the Vietnamese fight them next, went full panic mode and withdraw all their troops in the border back to Bangkok to make the last stand defend in their capital 🤣🤣🤣

It is so unjust that some people do the the most terrible ,merciless and brutal thing and go unpunished without even a scratch on their body

At first I thought it said bol bol But my man would never become a dictator

talking about reminding me about the Vietnam china border war in 1979, still wonder why they have so little record on the internet

One thing that stuck with me when I learned about this whe I was older was that the NVA saved these people. That's something almost unthinkable growing up with the American view of the region in that time

I remember a particularly horrible thing from S-21, there was an old tree from his reign, which I learned was “the baby tree” where infants were grabbed by their feet and swung against the tree, crushing their heads.

Thank you for making this video I was also Cambodian and I been waiting for someone that can spread this story ❤❤

Glad you finally did this video! I had suggested it over 8 months ago and I was excited to learn more. Thank you!

Remember, the US and the UK loved this guy. They recognized him as the legitimate leaders of Cambodia for over 15 years, despite knowing that he's pure evil.

Why did KZfaq warn me before commenting on this?