Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Sok Yorm and Phorm Phuong

Titles: Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Sok Yorm and Phorm Phuong (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Sok Yorm and Phorm Phrong are a married couple who lived and grew up in Battambang. In 1975, they were farmers and had two children, ages 11 and 12. They were separated by the Khmer Rouge and not allowed to see one another. Mr. Yorm had to bury three dead bodies from their village who were killed by the Khmer Rouge. The family was reunited after the Vietnamese entered Cambodia in 1979 and spent five years in Khao I Dang refugee camp. Their eldest daughter was delayed in coming to America, but they are all now living in Minnesota.

Dates

• 07/31/1992 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Yorm, Sok
• interviewee: Phuong, Phorm
• interviewer: Zdrazil, Al
• interpreter: Poch, Sothea Phea - Khmer Archive Project

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 91
• Accession Number: AV1993.120.15

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

• 00:58:36 running time

Subjects

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