2011 -I am haunted by this place. I wish I had never gone there. and I wake up sometimes in the night and think of some of the tragic things that I saw and learned here. The trauma of that knowing is still with me.
It was once a high school in the center of the city. This site became the main torture and interrogation center for the Khmer Rouge and was known as S-21 Prison. From 1976 to 1979, an estimated 20,000 people were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng. The exact numbers are unknown. Prisoners were shackled with chains or iron bars and were subjected to a harsh regime with many rules.
The museum opened in 1980 after the fall of the Khmer rouge regime. We see the torture rooms, photos and biographies of some of the prisoners and the cells.
For some horrific reason the Khmer Rouge deemed it was necessary to photograph each victim before they were killed. Their faces line the walls in the museum and we visualize the shameful, and sad time of the past.
Over 8000 skulls are visible behind the clear glass panels. of the Memorial Stupa, which was erected in 1988. The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek are 15 km from Central Phnom Penh.
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We visited there in Cambodia 🇰🇭 Anita
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A not always remembered tragedy !
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Yes these amazing Museum and so sad with tradgedy . Anita
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Thank you for having the courage to view this and to share it! Your post has educated me and (I’m sure) many others about this in a way that words alone cannot do.
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The last time I was there it was not safe to travel around the country because of the mines.
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I remember you posting about this before. It is truly horrific but important not to forget.
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Yes we visited there and such horrific site Genocide Museum. Anita
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I’ve also visited this dreadful place, hopefully it will help prevent such abominations in the future.
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Yes you visited there and we saw so much tragic Genocide Museum. Anita
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With me, it’s Dachau Concentration Camp that haunts me.
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Yes you saw those Dachau Concentration Camp . We saw these in Genocide Museum
Anita
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gruesome
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John we visited there such time and these skulls 💀 Anita
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that’s funny: my post today features skeletons too 🙂
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Evil abounds.
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Tragic.
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We visited there Genocide Museum..so sad 😔. Anita
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and we never learn
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David we visited there and saw this Genocide Museum and so tragic 😥 Anita
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This is very tragic.
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We visited there in Genocide Museum they are so tragic. Anita
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Thank you for sharing this. We need to remember these things as terrible as they are.
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