Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Samphoun Em

Titles: Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Samphoun Em (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Samphoun Em was nineteen years old at the time the Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambodia. He and his family were evacuated from their village and were separated. He and two siblings were sent to work in a camp about 50 kilometers from his home village. Many people, including his sister, starved to death. He developed asthma and required medicine so he escaped to a refugee camp in Thailand and later immigrated to America.

Dates

• 07/31/1992 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Em, Samphoun
• interviewer: Richey, Paula
• interpreter: Koy, Chantha

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 91
• Accession Number: AV1993.120.3

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Khmer Oral History Project' <OH 91>

Quantity: 1.5 hours videocassette 28 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: moving images
• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:53:39 running time

Subjects

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