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First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung - Summary

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Lessons From the Camer Rouge

Luang ung's father was a high ranking military official in fram pang, Cambodia. They fled the capital and left their life behind to hide in the country. The camer rouge forced those who fled the cities to work in rural communities where their masters took advantage of them. In just five months, two thirds of the new workers had died of starvation or illness. Her brother endured beatings knowing he could bring table scraps to his starving family. When the truth of his identity got out, the regime brutally murdered him and threw his body into a mass grave. Now her future is in her hands because of her generous brother and brave mother.

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