Nal Oum

Nal Oum is a Cambodian witness of communism and a survivor of the Khmer Rouge. He was among the first educated men to expose the genocide that took place in Cambodia from 1975 to 1978. He recounted his story in the book, currently only in French, Un Médecin Chez Les Khmers Rouges, (A Doctor Among the Khmer Rouge). According to the human rights organization Cultural Survival, only 45 medical doctors survived the Khmer Rouge genocide, which especially targeted the educated. Oum is the only medical doctor known to have escaped one of the death camps.