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They (the Khmer Rouge) took my father. They told my
family that my father needed to be reeducated.
Brainwashed. But my father's fate is unknown to this day.
We can only imagine what happened to him. This is true
for almost all Cambodian widows and orphans. We live in
fear of finding out what atrocities were committed
against our fathers, husbands, brothers. What could they
have done that deserved a tortured death?
...Parents lost their children. Families were separated. We
were not allowed to cry or show any grief when they took
away our loved ones. A man would be killed if he lost an
ox he was assigned to tend. A woman would be killed if
she was too tired to work. Human life wasn't even worth
a bullet. They clubbed the back of our necks and pushed
us down to smother us and let us die in a deep hole with
hundreds of other bodies.
-A survivor of the Cambodian killing fields
Which painful aspect of life under the Khmer Rouge
does this passage describe?
the brutality and violence that many citizens faced
the famine and hunger that killed many people
the spread of disease that caused much suffering
O the relocation of many citizens to prisons and labor
camps



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The painful aspect of life under the Khmer Rouge described in this passage is: 1. The brutality and violence that many citizens faced: - The passage vividly portrays the extreme brutality and violence experienced by the people under the Khmer Rouge regime. - Citizens were subjected to inhumane treatment, such as being killed for minor reasons like losing an ox or being too tired to work. - Families were torn apart, individuals were executed for trivial offenses, and life was devalued to the point where people were killed in mass executions without regard for basic human rights. Overall, the passage highlights the sheer brutality and violence inflicted upon the Cambodian population under the Khmer Rouge rule, emphasizing the harsh and oppressive conditions endured by the survivors.

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