American Assistance for Cambodia
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American Assistance for Cambodia is a non-profit organization founded in 1993, by Bernard Krisher
aimed at giving hope to the Cambodia
n people following the extermination of 2 million Cambodians during the Khmer Rouge
holocaust.
Bernard Krisher
Bernard Krisher was born in Frankfurt and left Germany in 1937 at the age of six, settling in New York with his parents before the start of World War II. editor of his own magazine at age 12, Krisher edited his high school and Queens College newspapers and worked for the New York Herald Tribune...
aimed at giving hope to the Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
n people following the extermination of 2 million Cambodians during the Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan...
holocaust.