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Me by The Mekong River Actually I think this is the place where the Ton Le Sap and the Mekong meet. The Mekong is the one in the far background. |
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Fishermen on the Ton Le Sap - Mekong The classrooms on the ground floor of this block had been converted into interrogation cells (torture chambers) with steel bed frames and manackles (photo below). The upper floors were used to detain prisoners. |
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Kids 'n' Water - They Love it These cells were used to torture and exctract confessions from important people. You can see a photo, on the wall behind, of one of the last victims to be tortured and killed. These photos were taken by the Vietnamese soldiers when they liberated the concentration camp. The Vietnamese soldiers took the final victims and buried them in graves just outside Block A (see photo further down page) |
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This Kid Walks on Water! Classrooms converted into large holding cells. |
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The Independence Monument These were originally used for students to exercise, but the Khmer Rouge found a more sinister use for them. Prisoners had their hands tied behind their back and were hung upside down until they passed out. They were then revived by having their heads submerged in filthy water( which was often used as fertilizer) in the clay pots shown in the photo. |
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Me at The Independence Monument The sign relates to the last 14 victims who were found and buried by the Vietnamese soldiers (see photo below) |
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Graves of the Last 14 Victims of S-21 The building on the left is Block "A" as shown in the photos above. The bodies of the last victims were brought out and buried here by the Vietnamese soldiers |
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Block "C" - Tuol Sleng - S-21 The ground floor (1st floor) classrooms were partitioned into tiny brick built cells. The 1st floor(2nd floor) classrooms were sectioned with wooden partitions to make equally small cells (pictures below). The balconies were covered with wire mesh to prevent suicides; after seeing this I can understand why anyone would want to commit suicide. |
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A Closer Look at the Wire Mesh Covering Block "c" - Tuol Sleng - S-21 |
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Ground Floor (1st Floor) Brick Built Cells |
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They Knocked Holes in the Walls and Converted all the Classrooms into Cells |
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The 1st (2nd) Floor Wooden Cells Just as nasty as the brick cells; why they used wood here, I don't know. |
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Next we're going to visit the Boeng Kak Lake area in Phnom Penh. This is the place were all the backpackers stay.
Boeng Kak Lake area in Phnom Penh Cambodia |
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