The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and The Killing Fields
During my Second trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, I had the opportunity to visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and The Killing Fields just outside of town.
Introduction to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
Security rules for prisoners of S-21
view of Tuol Sleng
meticulous records were taken of every prisoner. here they are photographed before being executed. notice how young the girl on the lower-left is.
here they are photographed after being executed (or having died after being tortured)
view of a large cell with bed, shackles, and photo
view of a small cell
of the estimated 14,000-21,000 people processed through S-21, only 7 survived. one man, a painter, has tried to capture scenes from S-21 for posterity
another gruesome act committed by the khmer rouge
a country road outside the city on the way to the killing fields (about 30km away)
two children riding a bike (snapped while I was zooming by on the back of a moto)
sign describing a brief history of the killing fields
the commemorative stupa filled with skulls excavated from the killing fields
one row in the stupa filled with skulls
a few of almost 60 excavated burial sites
human bones sticking out of the ground
some khmer children living outside the killing fields
