# Ugly History: The Khmer Rouge murders

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Timothy Williams
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/timothy_williams_ugly_history_the_khmer_rouge_murders)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

From 1975 to 1979, the Communist Party of Kampuchea ruled Cambodia with an iron fist, perpetrating a genocide that killed one fourth of the country's population. Roughly one million people were executed as suspected political enemies or due to their ethnicities, and another million died of starvation, disease, or overwork. How did this happen? Timothy Williams details the rise of the Khmer Rouge. \[Directed by Héloïse Dorsan-Rachet, narrated by Safia Elhillo, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio\].

## Lectures

1. [Ugly History: The Khmer Rouge murders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/timothy_williams_ugly_history_the_khmer_rouge_murders/43212d79765f), 7 min (TED's player)