Tuol Sleng: Visitors

The day of the dead: The Killing Field

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March 30th 2010
Phnom Penh, March 2010 Today we went first to a former High school, which the Khmer Rouge turned into the "famous" torture prison S-21 (Tuol Sleng) when they came into power. The pupils were expelled from school and the Khmer Rouge put everywhere razor wire. Schoolrooms, where once someone could hear laughing children, were divided into small prison cells and torture chambers. From 1975 to 197 ... read more

Asia » Cambodia

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more