06-19-2012, 06:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-19-2012, 06:33 AM by Virtual Bison.)
This is interesting, the genocidal Khmar Rouge which murdered over a million people was led by a former student at a French University.
One piece of irony here, the Khmer Rouge was an intensely anti-intellectual movement which executed all college graduates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot
Quote:In 1935, Sar left Prek Sbauv to attend the École Miche, a Catholic school in Phnom Penh. His sister Roeung was a concubine of King Sisowath Monivong, so he often visited the royal palace.[15] In 1947, he gained admission to the exclusive Lycée Sisowath, but was unsuccessful in his studies.
Quote:After switching to a technical school at Russey Keo, north of Phnom Penh, Saloth Sar qualified for a scholarship for technical studies in France. He studied radio electronics at the EFR in Paris from 1949 to 1953. He also participated in an international labour brigade building roads in Zagreb in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1950. After the Soviet Union recognized the Viet Minh as the government of Vietnam in 1950, French Communists (PCF) took up the cause of Vietnam's independence. The PCF's anti-colonialism views attracted many young Cambodians, including Sar.
In 1951, he joined a communist cell in a secret organization known as the Cercle Marxiste ("Marxist circle") which had taken control of the Khmer Student's Association (AER) that same year. Within a few months, Saloth joined the PCF. His poor academic record was a considerable advantage within the anti-intellectual PCF who saw uneducated peasants as the true proletariat.
One piece of irony here, the Khmer Rouge was an intensely anti-intellectual movement which executed all college graduates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_Pot
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