Abstract
The article is devoted to the events of the Cham’s history in Cambodia during the period of the Khmer Rouge regime headed by Pol Pot in power. This regime carried out a policy of genocide against the Chams, they became victims of successive repressions aimed at the destruction of their language and culture, way of life and religion. The authors reveal little-known facts of the struggle of the Chams for their survival, show that their seemingly hopeless struggle with tens of thousands of victims, in fact, allowed them to survive in conditions of total repression.