Life Before the Khmer Rouge

The Arrival of the Khmer Rouge

The Descent Into Tyranny

Survival Under the New Regime

Escape and Separation

Life in The Labor camps

The Deaths of Family Members

The Journey to the Thai Border

Life as a Refugee

A New Start: America

First They Killed My Father is the memoir of Loung Ung, a woman who survived the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. It narrates her heartbreaking yet inspiring journey from a carefree young girl in Phnom Penh to a determined survivor amidst the genocide. The book not only recounts the horrors of her past but also her resilient spirit that refused to break.

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers