Requiem: The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek
March 10th 2011 "I raised my head. The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness."
- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 3
The sky was an azure blue and there seemed to be thousands of birds chirping in the trees. A cluster of pink blossoms c
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Nigel O Mahony
Nigel O Mahony
Great blog, thanks for sharing your experience. I read a book recently on the atrocities and it is hard to believe humans are capable of doing this to not only other human beings, but their fellow countrymen. I remember visiting Auschwitz a few years back, one of the main German concentration camp and a quote on the walls from Hilary Clinton stuck with me: "Auschwitz is essential so that future generations can visit and understand how the world can never again allow a place of such hatred and persecution to exist" We all must see these places so that these horrors can never happen again.