![]() It is an attempt to find out what actually happened in Pol Pot's Cambodia and why to understand how a seemingly peaceful nation could give birth to one of the most bloodthirsty revolutions in modern history. The Lost Executioner describes a personal journey to the heart of the Khmer Rouge. Then, by chance, he came face to face with him. As the commandant of "S-21" prison, Duch could shed light on a secret and brutal world that had been sealed off to outsiders. ![]() ![]() Over a decade of working in Cambodia, photographer Nic Dunlop became obsessed with the idea of finding Duch. The lost executioner a journey to the heart of the killing fields 1st U.S. Like so many others, Comrade Duch had disappeared. The lost executioner by Nic Dunlop, 2006, Walker & Co., Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers edition, in English - 1st U.S. Twenty years later, not one member of the Khmer Rouge had been held accountable for what happened. As head of the Khmer Rouge secret police, Comrade Duch was responsible for the murder of more than 20,000 people considered enemies of the revolution. In Cambodia, between 19, nearly two million people died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. He also co-directed, Burma Soldier, an HBO film which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the United Nations Association Film Festival and nominated for an. ![]() Print The Lost Executioner : A story of the Khmer RougeĪ real-life detective story, tracking down the man responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the killing fields ![]()
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