Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

Snaps from Cambodia - Phnom Penh.

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Above: The Killing Fields - where many Camodians were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge Regime. This site includes mass graves and the excavated bones and skulls of many of those who were killed. At this site, during it's operation, there were generators blaring out propaganda chanting music - used to drown out the screaming of those being executed. There is also a tree - Chankiri Tree, marked as "the killing tree" which Khmer Rouge officials used to smash babies skulls into, so that they would not grow up and take revenge for their parents' death.
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Above: Two little kids on the other side of the Killing Fields. Quite eerie being in the Killing Fields and learning about the horrific things that were done to children and infants during the Khmer Rouge Rule (1975- 1979) and then seeing two little children playing in the field next door.
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Above: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. This site is a former High School and was converted to a security prison (S-21) during the Khmer Rouge Rule. This site housed various torture chambers and holding cells  for prisoners before they were taken to the mass graves and burial sites of the Killing Fields.
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Sorry for the morbid depressing post, it really was a very brutal and harrowing experience - I'm not sure why I decided to share it...

Cupcakes?