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When Slaves Became Masters - A True-life Story of a Little Boy Before, During, and After the Unfathomable Evil of Pol Pot's Regime (Paperback)
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When Slaves Became Masters - A True-life Story of a Little Boy Before, During, and After the Unfathomable Evil of Pol Pot's Regime (Paperback)
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When Slaves Became Masters, Rattana Pok's memoir of living through
the genocidal regime of Pol Pot in Cambodia, one of the most tragic
events of the 20th century. Pol Pot took Cambodia back to an
agrarian society in just a four year period. Approximately two
million Cambodians, nearly one third of the total national
population, died in the process through starvation, over-work, and
murder. Mr. Pok barely survived these childhood experiences. Mr.
Pok was born in Kampot province in September, 1964. Before
immigrating to the United States in 1981 he lived several other
provinces, including Kampot, Takeo, Kandal, and Battambang. He
graduated from high school in Denver, Colorado. In 1985 he moved to
Stockton, California, where he attended San Joaquin Delta College
and graduated with an Associate in Arts degree. Since March, 1993
he has been a registered court interpreter throughout northern
California. He has also been a contract interpreter for the U.S.
State Department since 1996 interpreting for numerous Khmer
delegates and dignitaries on tours, conferences, and training
sessions throughout the United States. In When Slaves Became
Masters, Mr. Pok has created a gripping and tragic narrative of
what Cambodia was like during the terrible times of the regime of
Khmer Rouge from the perspective of a victim. It was the most
brutal and savage regime that the world had ever experienced where
there was no compromise between the rulers and the people, and the
consequence of even a minor offense could result in death. After a
history of more than two thousand years of the Khmer nation, the
Pol Pot regime stripped out the customs and beliefs, arts, way of
life and even language to suit the revolutionary idea of an
agrarian society where education, modern technology, entertainment
and family bond were no longer regarded as important. Everyone was
on the brink of death; therefore, conformity and decency were no
longer necessary in order to fulfill the instinctual drive for
survival.
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