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Between 1975 and 1979, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge butchered nearly a quarter of Cambodia's entire population in less than four years. Doctors, teachers, lawyers, monks, painters, anyone who could think for themselves was hunted down, tortured, and slaughtered in one of the worst genocides of the 20th century.
This video uncovers exactly how Pol Pot's regime carried out the systematic massacre of Cambodia's intellectual class. Wearing glasses could get you killed. Speaking a second language could get your entire family buried in a mass grave. The capital city of Phnom Penh was emptied overnight, hospitals were cleared of dying patients, and the country was thrown back to "Year Zero."
We trace the horror inside the infamous S-21 prison where 15,000 people were tortured to death, the story of painter Vann Nath who survived only because the regime needed propaganda, the destruction of Buddhist monasteries, the targeted killing of Cham Muslim imams, and the chilling irony that Pol Pot himself was a Paris-educated intellectual who turned on his own kind.
If you want the truth about the Cambodian genocide, the killing fields, communist atrocities, and the men who turned an entire country into a graveyard, this is the deep dive you need.
Subscribe to A Day In History for more untold stories of war, dictators, and the darkest chapters of human history.
⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:00 Why Intellectuals?
00:00 The New People
00:00 How Were They Persecuted?
00:00 Religious Leaders
00:00 Artists
00:00 Legacy and Memory
#PolPot #KhmerRouge #CambodianGenocide #DarkHistory #KillingFields
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Between 1975 and 1979, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge butchered nearly a quarter of Cambodia's entire population in less than four years. Doctors, teachers, lawyers, monks, painters, anyone who could think for themselves was hunted down, tortured, and slaughtered in one of the worst genocides of the 20th century.
This video uncovers exactly how Pol Pot's regime carried out the systematic massacre of Cambodia's intellectual class. Wearing glasses could get you killed. Speaking a second language could get your entire family buried in a mass grave. The capital city of Phnom Penh was emptied overnight, hospitals were cleared of dying patients, and the country was thrown back to "Year Zero."
We trace the horror inside the infamous S-21 prison where 15,000 people were tortured to death, the story of painter Vann Nath who survived only because the regime needed propaganda, the destruction of Buddhist monasteries, the targeted killing of Cham Muslim imams, and the chilling irony that Pol Pot himself was a Paris-educated intellectual who turned on his own kind.
If you want the truth about the Cambodian genocide, the killing fields, communist atrocities, and the men who turned an entire country into a graveyard, this is the deep dive you need.
Subscribe to A Day In History for more untold stories of war, dictators, and the darkest chapters of human history.
⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:00 Why Intellectuals?
00:00 The New People
00:00 How Were They Persecuted?
00:00 Religious Leaders
00:00 Artists
00:00 Legacy and Memory
#PolPot #KhmerRouge #CambodianGenocide #DarkHistory #KillingFields
Copyright © 2025 A Day In History. All rights reserved.
DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, please send an email to adayinhistory2021@gmail.com
