My mom and her family were lucky to escape into Thailand but for my dad and his family, they were too far away from Thailand and were part of the people who had to work in farms from dawn to dusk separated from each other. My dad said “that about every month the Khmer Rouge let everybody go back to their village and spend time with their family for like 3 days, then have to come back and go back to work.” One day the Vietnam invaded Cambodia and during the war, many people escape. My dad and his family were luckily together at the time they can go back to their village and spend time together, so they escape to Thailand. From there they came into a refugee camp and was there from 3 months. In the end there about 1.7 million of Cambodian died and thanks to the invasion of from Vietnam, the Khmer Rouge fell. Because of the Khmer Rouge forced the people from the city of Cambodia to the countryside to work as farmer, they were able to keep them afraid, tired and starving. I learn that for about 4 years the people who survived the Khmer Rouge event had to experience hell, working from dawn to dust, eating little food every two days, and getting separated from your family, the most horrifying event in Khmer
My mom and her family were lucky to escape into Thailand but for my dad and his family, they were too far away from Thailand and were part of the people who had to work in farms from dawn to dusk separated from each other. My dad said “that about every month the Khmer Rouge let everybody go back to their village and spend time with their family for like 3 days, then have to come back and go back to work.” One day the Vietnam invaded Cambodia and during the war, many people escape. My dad and his family were luckily together at the time they can go back to their village and spend time together, so they escape to Thailand. From there they came into a refugee camp and was there from 3 months. In the end there about 1.7 million of Cambodian died and thanks to the invasion of from Vietnam, the Khmer Rouge fell. Because of the Khmer Rouge forced the people from the city of Cambodia to the countryside to work as farmer, they were able to keep them afraid, tired and starving. I learn that for about 4 years the people who survived the Khmer Rouge event had to experience hell, working from dawn to dust, eating little food every two days, and getting separated from your family, the most horrifying event in Khmer