Cambodian genocide

The Cambodian genocide was the mass killing of an estimated 1.5 to 2 million people by the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979—roughly a quarter of Cambodia's population.

Under Pol Pot, the communist government emptied cities, abolished money and religion, and executed intellectuals, ethnic minorities, and perceived enemies.

Her grandparents fled during the Cambodian genocide.

The phrase names one of the twentieth century's worst atrocities.