Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Tuoi Sieng Genocide Museum - UNESCO Heritage Site

Phnom Penh - After our lunch, we decided to visit one of Cambodian darkest nightmare with history shrouded in death and torture.   This place is Tuoi Sieng Genocide Museum (most famously called S21).   Over 20,000 people were prisoned and murdered in this old school compound.   At the end only 12 confirmed survivors.   The admission to his museum was USD 6 with the audio headphones.

The audio took me through all 32 grim stations and I left the place in a very sad and heavy heart with so many deaths in a location that once was filled with joy and laughter.

14 anonymous graves
Rules for every prisoner
elevated sight of the 14 graves
prison entrance
The Khmer rouge erected barred wire fences to prevent prisoners from committing suicide after numerous torture.

Memorial for the deaths at this former school

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