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Refugee Narratives: Ten Stories of Cambodian Refugees Main MenuIntroductionTen Stories of Cambodian RefugeesComplete EditionDiplomatic and Edited Transcriptions, with Archival ImagesEdited TranscriptionsDiplomatic TranscriptionsDigital ImagesAppendixSarah Noonan6616b08296cc76f25739fd6dc35367e3165a69b8Natalie Davis95e1f0dd7fb22ace49827cbd62a4ea2686336864Portia Davis8df9446ace9879dfdc763a001b9ee052826d41d7Kaitlin Emmett93ec579f33d33c5e76510337646f778f79e4a5e9Karissa Kennedy98e285d74ad2c217bb46b6a957ff8f400f5297a6Anne Maguiree2cffdb13aa06ac76a86b725c9dd01ec91aa757aKatherine Peak82f940315280249ba27c9224dd5aa1c9f1e3d042Monica Rzepka201a94dceb2ae7ce73118b8f66c168f07181a738Erin Stineraf0bc45409bae85c4aa4f37b7072aa3beee6b66aSierra Zielinskibe5c0edb25b17921d3c68613f146d21523f2237e
Entry 9 (Edited Transcription)
1media/IMG_0024.jpg2020-04-27T08:17:06-07:00Monica Rzepka201a94dceb2ae7ce73118b8f66c168f07181a7383612615Pages 35-36plain2020-05-21T11:54:57-07:00Sarah Noonan6616b08296cc76f25739fd6dc35367e3165a69b8[K. V.]’s history during Pol Pot’s regime
On the 15th, September 1978, I was forced to get out of the Kampong Cham province by Pol Pot’s guerillas who won their attack there. But they could dominate the province one day only. After they had damaged the factories, the schools… they had to draw back out of fear that the Navy had come to interfere. They always pushed me from behind at gunpoint to go ahead and never turn around. Since then, I have been separated from my family who fortunately remained in Phnom Penh. I had to live alone in the communist zone. So my education, especially my study of English, was finished. That was very shocking to me.
After the event of April 1975, my family and I had the great luck to be reunited in our native village. However, we were still sad because the communists came down harder on us little by little. At the beginning of 1976, my family and I were brought to live in Battenburg where I would meet my friends: [A. C.], [K. S.], [K. K.], [K. V. R]. We all lived in the celibate group together where the leader was hard on us.
The communist regime is very sadistic. We always hid our former qualities and valuables in our utmost attempt to avoid starvation while working on the farm.
It was our great luck to keep living until now so we can see you, sister.
Before finishing, we pray that God will bless you all.