Jan 7, 2022
Happy Victory Over Genocide Day!
Join Ye Olde Blogge in commemorating the Cambodian Genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge. Commemorate this day to remind yourself that it could be happening very soon in the US.
On 7 January 1979, the Khmer Rouge fell to the invading Vietnamese forces and the genocide they had perpetrated upon the Cambodian population came to an end. This day is not a national holiday, however; 20 May is their National Day of Remembrance in which they honor those lost to the genocide. I took the family to visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum here in Phnom Penh. It is the former secret…
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