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THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE (1975-79)
SURVIVORS STORIES & TESTIMONIES

Welcome to our online video database, which features testimonials of Khmer Rouge survivors. They speak for the 1.7 million voices that were silenced. In the three years, eight months and 20 days, that Pol Pot ruled Cambodia, his ultra-communist government was responsible for one of the worst mass killings of the 20th Century. Should you want to include your testimonial in our library, please contact us.

THE VIRTUAL MEMORIAL

The “Virtual Memorial” provides an interactive online multi-media platform that educates future generations and memorializes the mass atrocities committed in Cambodia under Khmer Rouge rule. The project provides Cambodian youth with access to video testimonies of Khmer Rouge survivors, as well as relevant documentaries, photos, paintings, and archival documents. This window into the past is vital in shaping the upcoming generations’ perceptions of historical events as well as their hopes for the future.

PHOTO TESTIMONIES - CIVIL PARTIES

From 2015-19, the Cambodian cultural center Meta House and its umbrella organization KDKG organized intergenerational dialogues in Cambodian schools and community centers nation-wide. For the photo project “Lessons from the Past”, Cambodian photographer Choun Sopheap documented the wishes of Khmer Rouge survivors.

PHOTO TESTIMONIES - STUDENTS

From 2015-19, the Cambodian cultural center Meta House and its umbrella organization KDKG organized intergenerational dialogues in Cambodian schools and community centers nation-wide. Cambodian photographer Choun Sopheap documented the questions of participating students.

FILMS

Since its inception in 2007, the Phnom-Penh-based cultural center Meta House has screened numerous documentaries about the Khmer Rouge genocide and its legacy. Moreover, the center has produced its own films, in cooperation with senior filmmakers and film students. Find a selection here.

ARTWORKS

In 2007, cultural center Meta House made international headlines with the first art exhibition around the Khmer Rouge genocide. “The Art of Survival” project – exhibited at Meta House and Rithy Panh’s “Bophana Center” – featured more than 40 local and international artists. We show a selection of works here.

This website contains material that may be disturbing. User discretion is advised. Information or opinions expressed here are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of Meta House Phnom Penh, NGO KDKG and its employees. Copyright Virtual Memorial Asia. All rights reserved.