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'''Denise Affonço ''' is a writer who wrote about her terrible sufferings under the [[Khmer Rouge]] in a powerful memoir ''To The End Of Hell'' (''La Digues Des Veuves''). She was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to a Vietamese mother and French father and had a peaceful upbringing. Her life was torn apart in April 1975 when the Khmer Rouge came to power.<ref>http://www.reportagepress.com/authors-name.php?author=1</ref> There followed four hellish years during which her husband was taken away and never seen again and her daughter died of starvation. ▼
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▲'''Denise Affonço, '''born in [[Phnom Penh, Cambodia]], is
Originally written in French, the work has recently been published into English by Reportage Press and as ''The Economist'' states: "That the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, as the tribunal is known, is at last functional makes the publication in English of Denise Affonço's harrowing memoir a timely reminder of why its work still matters."<ref>http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10281473</ref>▼
▲Originally written in French, the work has recently been published into English by [[Reportage Press]] and
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==Interviews==
*[http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/archives/talk/20071128-Interview-Denise-Affonco-To-the-End-of-Hell-cambodia-.php Interview on France 24]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10281473 'Living Through the Terror' ''The Economist'']
*[http://www.reportagepress.com/download/Cambodia.mp3 Interview on the BBC]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2851364.ece 'A mother never forgets by Jon Swain' ''The Sunday Times'']
==External
*[http://www.reportagepress.com/authors-name.php?author=1 Reportage Press]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080505102954/http://www.presses-renaissance.fr/auteur.php?id_aut=15652 Presses de la Renaissance]
*[http://www.dccam.org/ Documentation Center of Cambodia]
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