12 October 2025 at the Shoah Memorial
The Shoah Memorial is dedicating a day to the major crime of the 20th century perpetrated by Pol Pot’s regime in Cambodia, which decimated 20% of the national population. The day will begin at 2 p.m. with a lecture by Anne-Laure Porée on the crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. At 3.30pm, witnesses will tell the audience how they managed to survive. In the presence of Séra, visual artist, Bounnie Hœung Ong and Thong Hœung Ong, survivors, in conversation with Philippe Mesnard, professor of comparative literature at Clermont Auvergne University. At 5:30 p.m., there will be a screening and discussion of Rithy Panh’s film L’Image manquante (2013), presented by Soko Phay, historian and art theorist.