18 May 1975

.@AP has filmed the arrival to Paris of the French refugees from the Embassy of France in PhnomPenh, Cambodia. https://t.co/7BEfRmY5hi

Arrival in Paris of the French that had found refuge at the embassy of France in PhnomPenh after the the Khmer Rouge won the Cambodian civil war by capturing the capital on 17 April 1975. © Jarnoux, @GettyImages https://t.co/UJ3SE2ulKb

Cambodian soldiers dressed in civilian clothes after having been demobilized by Thai authorities. They had fled from the Khmer Rouge to Aranyaprathet, Thailand. onthisday © @GettyImages https://t.co/8rp6MBJzq8

read more about Khmer Rouge Colonel Vichai on @Yale’s Genocide Study Program https://t.co/wZa4PucoIf

Khmer Rouge Colonel Vichai (r) poses with his wife and his deputee, at the Cambodian-Thai border in Poipet. He told base people to refrain from abusing new people (people evacuated from cities). The former school teacher was killed at S-21 in PP in 1977. ©@AFP https://t.co/zxiODnONKp