Surviving The Khmer Rouge Genocide - growing up as everything began

At a mere 15 years old, KC Ung's life was about to change. In 1975, the Cambodian civil war that had been raging for years was now over, with the Khmer Rouge having seized victories one province at a time. What could have been a new era of peace was instead the beginning of the largest genocide in Asian history, claiming the lives of a quarter of the total Cambodian population. Families across the country were now thrown into a fight for survival, a fight that an unfortunate many people were not able to win. Execution, starvation, and disease plagued the population, but along with the atrocities was a strong sense of hope, resilience, and strength of spirit from those who continued to push forward to see another day.Through SURVIVING KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE Growing up as everything began, KC Ung details her harrowing journey through communist controlled Cambodia. She recalls the struggles of building homes along rivers and in mountains, foraging for food, and being trapped in labor camps. The stories recounted by KC Ung demonstrate both the absolute losses felt by the Cambodian people, as well as their unbreakable spirits. Follow her through these memories and experience the horror, and the hope, of surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide.