IDs: Saloth Sar
Norodom Sihanouk
S-21
Democratic Kampuchea
Year Zero
I. Cambodia
A. The Basics
1. Phnom Penh
2. Cambodia [map] [timeline]
- Kingdom of Cambodia ([1954]-70)
- Khmer Republic (1970-76);
- Democratic Kampuchea (1976-1979);
- People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979-89);
- Kampuchea/Cambodia (1989-present)
B. World War II
1. Norodom Sihanouk [Life in pictures]
- (wanna hear some of his songs[picture] or watch his movies?)
2. Collaborator or Defender?
C. 1945-1953
1. Independence
2. Return to French control
3. November 9, 1953 (Kingdom of Cambodia)
D. Sihanouk's Three Step Program
1) Referendum
2) Abdication
3) Sangkum Reastro Niyum (People's Socialist Community)
- Buddhist Socialism
E. Saloth Sar & the Cambodian Communist Party (interview)
• Cambodian Communist Party
• 1962 - Party Secretary (Khmer Rouge)
• 1970 - Khmer Republic
• 1975 - Fall of Phnom Penh
• 1976 - Democratic Kampuchea - Year Zero
• Pol Pot - April 15, 1998
F. Living Legacy
1. S-21: Security Prison
• Duch
• Tuol Seng Prison
2. Prisoner Photos
IV. Conclusions