Sunday, December 20, 2009
Victims and Perpetrators? Testimony of Young Khmer Rouge Comrades (Documentation Series No. 1)
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Title: Victims and Perpetrators? Testimony of Young Khmer Rouge Comrades (Documentation Series No. 1)
Authors: Meng-Try Ea and Sorya Sim
Year: 2001
Publisher: Documentation Center of Cambodia
86 pages
I've been looking for something like this for some time. It's collected testimony of (mostly) youth who were impressed into or volunteered for Khmer Rouge service. These young cadres describe their experiences as Khmer Rouge soldiers, farmers, and other roles before and during the Cambodian genocide. Their quotes are lightly contextualized with historical explanation and a framing narrative. There isn't much available that helps the reader understand the experience of Khmer Rouge cadres from their own perspective, so this is a very useful monograph.
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