Pol Pot was born Saloth Sar on May 19, 1925, in Kompong Thom Province, Cambodia. He rose to power leading the Cambodia’s Communist group. The Communists took control of the country in 1975, allowing for little freedom in citizens. In 1979, Pol Pot oversaw the deaths of one to two million people. Pol Pot believed that the “old society” should be executed because the group had hate towards them. This included intellectuals, merchants, Buddhist monks, former government officials and former soldiers. They were either starved, overwork or executed. Pol Pot had been influenced and impressed by China’s Cultural Revolution, Mao Tse-tung. He forced people in China to evacuate cities and force people into a rural, farming life. People living in China were very limited to their freedoms, which displays how Pol Pot was the cause to many unjust actions. The mass graves he commanded his people to dig were often referred to as "the killing fields." Pol Pot was arrested in 1997 and died under house arrest on April 15, 1998, but by natural causes. Pol Pot reveals wrongful actions towards his country. …show more content…
First off, he took control of Cambodia and ruled over the people. His actions already display aggressiveness since he rules over the country, limiting people of their freedoms. Additionally, he killed many people for an unnecessary reason. Pol Pot displays evil actions, since he murdered people because he sees flaws in them. This is similar Mengele. They both harassed and killed people because they do not accept certain values that people have. This represents how Mengele is evil. He ruled over people, and harassed them, which shows how Pol Pot was evil. Pol Pot shows unjust actions towards many people in the