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Pol Pot, születési nevén Szaloth Szár kambodzsai kommunista politikus, 1975-1979 között Kambodzsa, akkori nevén a Demokratikus Kambodzsa vezetője volt.

Pol Pot a korai 1950-es években Párizsban tanult, ott ismerkedett meg a baloldali eszmékkel. Több akkori diáktársa később aktív résztvevője lett mozgalmának. Hazatérése után a kommunista pártot szervezte, amelynek 1963-tól vezetője lett. Ekkor a dzsungelbe húzódott, ahonnan gerillaharcot folytatott a kormány ellen. Csapatai 1975. április 17-én elfoglalták a fővárost, Phnompent.

Pol Pot célja a tökéletes kommunizmus megteremtése volt. Az új államot, amely a Demokratikus Kambodzsa nevet kapta, osztályok és magántulajdon nélküli társadalomként képzelték el. Az új rend egyfajta agrárkommunizmus megteremtését tűzte ki célul, amelyben az emberek szinte kizárólag földművelésből élnek. Betiltották a vallást, bezárták az iskolákat, a városokat kiürítették. Irtóhadjáratot folytattak a nem khmer származásúak, az értelmiségiek, a szerzetesek és művészek ellen.A becslések szerint a Demokratikus Kambodzsában 1,7 millió embert gyilkoltak meg, éheztettek vagy dolgoztattak halálra. Pol Pot uralmát az országba bevonuló vietnámi csapatok döntötték meg. Pol Pot a dzsungelbe menekült, ahonnan még két évtizeden át folytatta harcát. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. május 1925 – 15. április 1998
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Pol Pot: Idézetek angolul

“When I die, my only wish is that Cambodia remain Cambodia and belong to the West. It is over for communism, and I want to stress that.”

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September 2018
Nate Thayer interview (1997)

“I was responsible for everything so I accept responsibility and blame but show me, comrade, one document proving that I was personally responsible for the deaths.”

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As reported by David Ashley (1995) and quoted in Brother Number One (1999) by David P. Chandler
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“First, I would like to tell you that I came to carry out the struggle, not to kill people. Even now, and you can look at me, am I savage person? My conscience is clear.”

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Nate Thayer interview (1997)

“Whoever wishes to blame or attack me is entitled to do so. I regret I didn't have enough experience to totally control the movement. On the other hand, with our constant struggle, this had to be done together with others in the communist world to stop Kampuchea becoming Vietnamese.”

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September 2018
Nate Thayer interview (1997)

“We want only peace, to build up our country. World opinion is paying great attention to the threat against Democratic Kampuchea. They are anxious. They fear Kampuchea cannot oppose the Vietnamese. This could hurt the interests of the Southeast Asian countries and all of the world's countries.”

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Interview with Elizabeth Becker (22 December 1978), quoted in "Pol Pot remembered" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/81048.stm, BBC News (20 April 1998)

“Tuol Sleng was a Vietnamese exhibition; a journalist wrote that. People talk about Tuol Sleng, Tuol Sleng, Toul Sleng, but when we look at the pictures, the pictures are the same. When I first heard about Tuol Sleng, it was on VOA [Voice of America]. I listened twice.”

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Nate Thayer interview (1997)

“Everything I did, I did for my country.”

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Nate Thayer interview (1997)

“Our policy was to provide an affluent life for the people. There were mistakes made in carrying it out. Several thousand people may have died.”

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Interview with Robert Whytman for The Guardian (11 December 1979)

“There's what we did wrong and what we did right. The mistake is that we did some things against the people — by us and also by the enemy — but the other side, as I told you, is that without our struggle there would be no Cambodia right now.”

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Nate Thayer interview (1997)

“We did not yet have laws or order. We were like children just learning to walk.”

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On the Democratic Kampuchea period, as reported by David Ashley (1995) and quoted in David P. Chandler, Brother Number One (1999)
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