Titles: Khmer Oral History Project (Supplied title)
Description: On June 9, 1990, at the Minnesota State Capitol, the Minnesota Lawyers International Human Rights Committee held a mock trial of the Khmer Rouge leadership for the crime of genocide. Members of Minnesota’s Khmer (Cambodian) immigrant community served as witnesses in the mock trial, emotionally recounting their personal experiences in the years 1975-79, a period in which an estimated 1.7 million people were killed by the Khmer Rouge-led government of Cambodia. At the conclusion of the mock trial, a panel of Minnesota public officials serving as members of the “International Court of Justice” found Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot, and his agents guilty of the crime of genocide. The 1990 mock trial led to the Khmer Oral History Project, during which members of the Khmer community were interviewed on videotape about their experiences during the years of the genocide in Cambodia, their experiences in refugee camps, and their emigration to the United States. Each interview includes a transcript, available in English and Khmer as appropriate. Copyright in the interviews is held by Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights.
Dates
- Not earlier than 07/01/1992 - Not later than 08/31/1992 (Creation)
Interviews
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Loeung Bun' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Thaly Chhour' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Samphoun Em' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Monoram Hang' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Khon Kong' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Choup Lat' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Lar Munstock' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Henry Nelson' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Sova Niev' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Y Nor' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Seng Prom' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Chamreun Tan' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Yoeuth Yan' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Sok Yorm and Phorm Phuong' <OH 91>
- Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, videocassette: 'Khmer Oral History Project: Interview with Channy Som' <OH 91>
Creation
- interviewee: Chhour, Thaly
- interviewee: Bun, Loeung
- interviewee: Em, Samphoun
- interviewee: Hang, Monoram
- interviewee: Kong, Khon
- interviewee: Lat, Choup
- interviewee: Munstock, Lar
- interviewee: Nelson, Henry
- interviewee: Niev, Sova
- interviewee: Nor, Y
- interviewee: Phuong, Phorm
- interviewee: Yorm, Sok
- interviewee: Prom, Seng
- interviewee: Som, Channy
- interviewee: Tan, Chamreun
- interviewee: Yan, Yoeuth
- interviewer: Thomas, Ms. Cheryl A.
- interviewer: Frey, Mark
- interviewer: Bristol-Kagan, Leigh
- interviewer: Jacks, Sharon
- interpreter: Eam, Dany
- interviewer: Dorsey, Jim
- interviewer: Perman, Naomi
- interviewer: Foster, Wood
- interviewer: Oglesby, Dwight
- interpreter: Tran, Rich
- interviewer: Richey, Paula
- interviewer: Koy, Chantha
- interviewer: Zdrazil, Al
- interpreter: Poch, Sothea Phea - Khmer Archive Project
- interviewer: Smith, Steve - Khmer Archive Project
Identifiers
- Library Call Number: OH 91
- Accession Number: AV1993.120
Holding Type: Oral History - Project
Quantity:
1 project
17 hours videocassette
495 pages transcript
Format
Subjects
- Khmer (Cambodian)
- Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
- Chhour, Thaly
- Bun, Loeung
- Em, Samphoun
- Hang, Monoram
- Kong, Khon
- Lat, Choup
- Munstock, Lar
- Nelson, Henry
- Niev, Sova
- Nor, Y
- Phuong, Phorm
- Yorm, Sok
- Prom, Seng
- Som, Channy
- Tan, Chamreun
- Yan, Yoeuth
- Thomas, Ms. Cheryl A.
- Frey, Mark
- Bristol-Kagan, Leigh
- Jacks, Sharon
- Eam, Dany
- Dorsey, Jim
- Perman, Naomi
- Foster, Wood
- Oglesby, Dwight
- Tran, Rich
- Richey, Paula
- Koy, Chantha
- Zdrazil, Al
- Poch, Sothea Phea - Khmer Archive Project
- Smith, Steve - Khmer Archive Project