Khmer Rouge

From 1975 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge, headed by brother number 1, Pol Pot, tried to create an equal, ignorant, peasant based society. In order to accomplish that they had to get rid of all the people who weren't, such as scholars, teachers and other educated people. For that they created interrogation and torture camps. The survivors of these places and others were brutally killed and buried in mass graves at places who were known after as killing fields. For more info, check here.

Today I went to see Choeung Ek killing fields and Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum to learn about their recent cruel history. It also gave me a little reminder that it's about time I do that concerning my history.