Francois Bizot

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
The reign of the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot ranks as one of the most devastating cases of genocide in modern history, responsible for the murder of approximately 2 million people. Francois Bizot, the only westerner to escape a Khmer Rouge prison, recounts his experiences in Cambodia in his book The Gate. Read an excerpt of of Bizot's book in the Reading Room.

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