Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Y Nor

Titles: Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Y Nor (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Y Nor was 55 years old when the Khmer Rouge regime began in 1975. One of his sons was studying in Europe at the time. He was separated from his two eldest sons and they were killed. Two of his daughters died of illness and starvation. He and his wife and four surviving children were split up at various times in different work camps. Y Nor worked digging canals and building dams and maintaining rice and sugar plantations. He did not receive adequate medical attention for infections. They escaped to Khao I Dang refugee camp, then were transferred to Chonburi camp and then came to Minnesota.

Dates

• 08/10/1992 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Nor, Y
• interviewer: Smith, Steve - Khmer Archive Project
• interpreter: Poch, Sothea Phea - Khmer Archive Project

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 91
• Accession Number: AV1993.120.10

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1.5 hours videocassette 33 pages transcript

Format

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

Measurements

• 01:06:40 running time

Subjects

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