S-21

S-21/Tuol Sleng and the Killing Fields

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June 1st 2010
"To keep you is no benefit. To destroy you is no loss." This was one of many mottoes of the Khmer Rouge - sets the scene for S-21 and the Killing Fields. S-21 (Security Office 21) was actually a high school before Pol Pot's regime converted it to a detention centre overnight for interrogation, torture and killing. It is estimated that 20,000 people (including children) were tortured/died at S-21. ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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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