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Kim Khem, 80, Takeo, January 24, 2013

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Kim Khem, 80, Takeo, January 24, 2013
CollectionCambodian Women's Oral History Project
Recording typeOral history
NarratorKim Khem
InterviewerTheresa de Langis
RecordedJanuary 24, 2013
LanguageKhmer; English translation
SubjectsHistory & Remembrance; Gender & Sexuality; Religion & Spiritual Life
Creator pagesTheresa de Langis

A life-story interview with Kim Khem recorded on 24 January 2013 for the Cambodian Women's Oral History Project. (Cambodian Women's Oral History Project narrator page)

Description

Kim Khem discusses the disappearance of her husband, the separation of her family during the Khmer Rouge regime and her effort to arrange a Buddhist funeral for her deceased mother. She describes being arrested at two in the morning after mourning her mother and being taken to a killing field with her thirteen-month-old son. (Cambodian Women's Oral History Project narrator page)

Credits

The narrator page names Kim Khem as the narrator and Theresa de Langis as lead researcher, with You Sotheary as project assistant and Taing Samrach as student volunteer for English note taking during the interview. The interview is in Khmer with an English translation. (Cambodian Women's Oral History Project narrator page)

Access

The project states that the material may not be used, published or copied without permission from the research leader, and the project states that full testimonies are archived at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. No item number or duration is published. (Cambodian Women's Oral History Project narrator page) (Cambodian Women's Oral History Project) KhmerConnection indexes this material and does not hold or provide access to the recordings.

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