Tuolsleng Genocide Museum & The Killing Fields

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Khmer Rouge Security Prison 21 (S-21)	Introduction to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum	The 10 Commandments prisoners were required to follow at S21	The Khmer Rouge expelled the populations off all urban centers in Cambodia starting in 1975
Colorized photograph of a teenaged prisoner murdered by the Khmer Rouge	S21 was a high school before the Khmer Rouge converted it to a prison in 1975	Tombs of victims remains found onsite after the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979	Tuol Sleng prison - S21 - Phnom Penh
Tuol Sleng prison - S21 - Phnom Penh	A former classroom converted by the Khmer Rouge into a torture chamber	The Khmer Rouge documented the 20,000 or so victims interrogated at the prison	Historic photograph documenting the crimes of the Khmer Rouge
Another former classroom at S21 used as a torture chamber	Playground equipment used for hangings	Rooms of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims	Pol Pot's insanity was rooted in a desire to transform Cambodia into a pure agrarian society
I believe those with hats were former Khmer Rouge who were denounced and then executed	Children were not spared by the Khmer Rouge	Anyone with an education was slated for destruction	There are only 12 known survivors of Tuol Sleng
Victim's portait, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum	Where was I on 22 August 1978? Where were you?	Frightened boy	Young and old, killed alike
Some victims died of their torture before they could be taken away for execution	Bats hanging from the ceiling of the former school	The former school yard, S21 Prison, Phnom Penh	Tuol Sleng - Khmer Rouge Security Prison S21
Part of the school that was converted into holding cells for the prisoners	The most evil man since Adolf Hitler	Inmates were driven outside of Phnom Penh for execution at the Killing Fields	To save bullets, executions were by clubbing
Khmer Rouge torture at S21	Khmer Rouge torture at S21	A victim being carried away like a piece of meat, S21	Prisoner awaiting his fate, Tuol Sleng, Phnom Penh
These paintings were done by Vann Nath, a former prisoner, one of only 12 known to have survived	Khmer Rouge slitting the throat of a prisoner, S21	View from behind the wire, Tuol Sleng prison S21, Phnom Penh	Classrooms partitioned into tiny cells, Tuol Sleng prison, S21
Classrooms partitioned into tiny cells, Tuol Sleng prison, S21	One of the prison cells, S21	Barred window, S21	Prison block, Tuol Sleng, S21
Choeung Ek Genocidal Center - the Killing Fields	Choeung Ek Genocidal Center - the Killing Fields, 30 minutes outside Phnom Penh	Choeung Ek Genocidal Center - the Killing Fields	The history of the Khmer Rouge and the killing fields
Memorial stupa, Choeung Ek Genocidal Center	Memorial stupa, Choeung Ek Genocidal Center	The stupa is filled with the remains of 8985 victims found in mass graves here	This is just a small number of the estimated 1.5 million who died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge 1975-1979
The insanity was put to an end when the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia in 1979, driving Pol Pot into the jungle	Pol Pot died in 1998, never facing trial for his crimes	Request to show respect at the memorial	Skulls of some of the victims enshrined in the memorial stupa at Choeung Ek
Inside the Memorial, Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, Cambodia	These were the people whose photosgraphs line the walls of Tuol Sleng	The shelves contain thousands of skulls	The remains of mass grave pits, Choeung Ek, the Killing Fields, Cambodia
Killing Tree used to smash the heads of children	Mass Grave, Choeung Ek	Mass Grave, Choeung Ek	In total, 86 mass graves were found at this site with the remains of 8985 victims
They are still, to this day, finding bone fragments and teeth of victims