Schoolteacher Turned Dictator Killed 2 Million in 4 Years

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]In 1975, a school teacher took control [music] of Cambodia. Four years later, 2 million people were dead. Pol Pot didn't just kill his enemies. He turned children into executioners. Wearing glasses meant death. Being educated meant death.

[00:00:16]Living in a city meant death. The Khmer Rouge forced [music] kids to murder their own parents to prove loyalty.

[00:00:23]Those who refused were killed alongside them. Entire families were marched to killing fields where they dug their own graves. This wasn't war. This was [music] systematic extermination by a man who once taught children to read.