Pol Pot

Born: 1925-05-19

Pol Pot, born Saloth Sar, was a Cambodian revolutionary and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 to 1979. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Khmer nationalist, he led the Khmer Rouge group from 1963 until 1997. From 1963 to 1981, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. Pol Pot was responsible for the brutal death of 1.7 million of his own countrymen.

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Meeting with Pol Pot

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Released: 2024-06-05

Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) - 1978. Three French journalists are invited by the Khmer Rouge...

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Terror's Advocate

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Released: 2007-06-06

A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces...

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Enemies of the People

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Released: 2009-11-24

The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields...

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Executions 2

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Released: 1995-01-01

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The Most Evil Men and Women in History

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First aired: 2001-01-01

Documentary series with each episode focusing on a solitary historical figure who, for various...

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