Ghosts of Year Zero: The Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh and the Killing Fields
When the Khmer Rouge seized power, they declared it the start of “Year Zero”—a chilling decree that symbolized the erasure of everything that had come before.
An archive picture from Agence Khmere de Presse shows Cambodian people leaving Phnom Penh after Khmer Rouge forces seized and emptied the Cambodian capital on April 17, 1975.(photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)ByALEX WINSTON
