This is a topical outline of Wikipedia articles about the Cambodian genocide.
The Cambodian genocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens by the Khmer Rouge under the general secretaryship of Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of approximately 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, around 25% of Cambodia's population in 1975 ( 7.8 million).
Overviews
Cambodian genocide Bibliography of the Cambodian genocide Cambodian genocide denial Cambodian humanitarian crisis - Events resulting in death, displacement or resettlement abroad Child soldiers in Cambodia Pol Pot (1925–1998) - Cambodian communist leader
Background
1970 Cambodian coup d'état - Coup that overthrew Prince Norodom Sihanouk Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) - Conflict in Cambodia Communist Party of Kampuchea - Ruling party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 Fall of Phnom Penh (1975) - Khmer Rouge capture of the Cambodian capital Khmer Republic (1970–1975) - Country in Southeast Asia Khmer Rouge (1951–1999) - Cambodian communist movement that ruled Democratic Kampuchea Lon Nol (1913–1985) - Prime Minister of Cambodia (1966–1967, 1969–1971) Norodom Sihanouk (1922–2012) - King of Cambodia (1941–1955, 1993–2004) Operation Freedom Deal (1970–1973) - Part of the Vietnam and Cambodian Civil Wars Operation Menu (1969–1970) - US covert military operation in Cambodia Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea (1970–1976) - Cambodian government-in-exile
Events
Ba Chúc massacre - Mass killing in Vietnam Chankiri Tree Choeung Ek - Killing field and mass grave in Cambodia Concert for Kampuchea (1980) - Film by Keith Macmillan Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (1979) - Series of concerts in London, England Dangrek Incident (1979) - Thai-Cambodian border incident Eastern Zone massacres (1978) - Khmer Rouge purge in Cambodia
Aftermath
1991 Paris Peace Agreements (1991) - Settlement that ended the Cambodian–Vietnamese War and the Third Indochina War Allegations of United States support for the Khmer Rouge Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1978–1989) - Conflict between Vietnam and the Khmer Rouge Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (1982–1992) - Cambodian government in exile K5 Plan - Vast defensive belt along the Cambodian-Thai border Khao-I-Dang - Refugee camp in Thailand Khmer Rouge insurgency (1979–1998) - Armed conflict in Cambodia Khmer Rouge Tribunal (1997) - Cambodian–UN court to try Khmer Rouge leaders National Army of Democratic Kampuchea - Cambodian guerrilla force National Day of Remembrance (Cambodia) - Annual event in Cambodia People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979–1992) - Cambodian state People's Revolutionary Tribunal (Cambodia) - Established by the People's Republic of Kampuchea United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (1992–1993) - Peacekeeping mission
Miscellaneous
Child soldiers in Cambodia The Drakkars - Cambodian band New People (Cambodia) - Civilian Cambodians exploited by the Khmer Rouge Year Zero (political notion) - Idea put into practice by Pol Pot in Cambodia
Places
Documentation Center of Cambodia (1995) - Cambodian NGO documenting the Khmer Rouge era Killing caves of Phnom Sampeau - Khmer Rouge execution site in Cambodia Killing Fields - Sites of mass execution by the Khmer Rouge Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - Former Khmer Rouge prison in Cambodia
Killing Fields
Chankiri Tree Choeung Ek - Killing field and mass grave in Cambodia Killing caves of Phnom Sampeau - Khmer Rouge execution site in Cambodia Killing Fields - Sites of mass execution by the Khmer Rouge The Killing Fields (film) (1984) - Film by Roland Joffé The Killing Fields (soundtrack) (1984) - Soundtrack album by Mike Oldfield
Works about the Cambodian genocide Books
Alive in the Killing Fields (2009) - Memoir by Nawuth Keat The Elimination (2011) - Memoir by Rithy Panh and Christophe Bataille First They Killed My Father - Book by Loung Ung A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975–1979) - Cambodian textbook written by Khamboly, Dy In the Shadow of the Banyan - Novel by Vaddey Ratner When the War Was Over (1986) - Book by Elizabeth Becker
Films
Cambodia: Between War and Peace (1991) - Cambodian film The Conscience of Nhem En (2008) - American film Deacon of Death (2004) - Film Devět kruhů pekla (1989) - Film Don't Think I've Forgotten (2014) - American documentary film by John Pirozzi Enemies of the People (film) (2009) - British-Cambodian documentary film First They Killed My Father (film) (2017) - Cambodian-American film by Angelina Jolie Funan (film) (2019) - Animated period drama film directed by Denis Do The Golden Voice (2006 film) (2006) - American film The Killing Fields (film) (1984) - Film by Roland Joffé La-Tha-Pii (2006) - Thai film The Land of the Wandering Souls (2000) - Cambodian film Lost Loves (film) (2010) - Film Meeting with Pol Pot (2024) - Cambodian film The Missing Picture (2013) - Film Monkey Dance (2004) - Documentary film by Julie Mallozzi New Year Baby (2006) - Film Red Wedding (film) (2012) - Documentary film by Lida Chan and Guillaume Suon The Road to Freedom (film) (2010) - American film S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (2003) - Documentary film directed by Rithy Panh Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia (1989) - Film Shadow of Darkness (1989) - Cambodian film directed by Yvon Hem Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (1979) - British TV programme
Other works
Holiday in Cambodia (1980) - Song by Dead Kennedys The Killing Fields (soundtrack) (1984) - Soundtrack album by Mike Oldfield Vann Nath paintings - Series of paintings depicting torture at S-21 prison
See also Bibliography of Genocide studies Bibliography of the Cambodian genocide Outline of the Red Terror (Russia) Outline of the California genocide
References Notes
Citations
External links
Museums and memorial sites
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum – official site of the museum in Phnom Penh, on the site of the former S-21 interrogation and detention centre Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives – searchable archive of S-21 detainee records and prison documents Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflection – UNESCO World Heritage Centre entry for the former M-13 prison, Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek, inscribed in 2025 Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum Archives – UNESCO Memory of the World Register entry, inscribed in 2009 Khmer Rouge Historical Sites – Documentation Center of Cambodia guide to fourteen preserved sites at Anlong Veng, including Ta Mok's house and the cremation sites of Pol Pot and Son Sen Anlong Veng Peace Center – DC-Cam centre for peace studies and genocide education at the last Khmer Rouge stronghold National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial – Chicago museum and memorial, with the permanent exhibition Remembering the Killing Fields Cambodia – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum country resources, including material from its exhibition Cambodia, 1975–1979
Academic research projects
Cambodian Genocide Program – Yale University research programme established in 1994, part of the Genocide Studies Program at the MacMillan Center Cambodian Genocide Program Interactive Geographic Database (CGEO) – mapped data on 158 Khmer Rouge prisons, 309 mass-grave sites and 76 post-1979 memorials Tuol Sleng Image Database – over 10,000 photographs scanned by the Cambodian Genocide Program, including more than 5,000 taken of prisoners entering S-21 Cambodian Women's Oral History Project – 24 video testimonies of female survivors, with transcripts and recordings held at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum