Prison for the enemies of communism Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek

Writes Andrew Gavrikov:
"After a great walk around the city, inadvertent entry Cambodian wedding, a visit to two places to change the vector of our sentiments to the other side. Yes, we were also impressed, but the quality of these emotions are completely opposite of joy. From the history of some of the facts can not be cut, especially such as the terror of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, years 1975-1979. This heavy period for the country can be found in the Genocide Museum and Killing Fields. "

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1. Skulls of victims of the regime of the communist regime in Cambodia 70s





2. Tuol Sleng - a former school, the former prison, now a genocide museum. Before entering a cripple without limbs. Such people in Cambodia lacks any tourist destination. These are consequences of the civil war, which resulted in the communists came to power, led by Pol Pot. According to some sources in Cambodia until now to six million unexploded mines. That is why the tourists here have to be very careful and try not to go beyond the proven routes.



3. I do not know Khmer, but I can assume that it is a warning sign to ban laughter at the museum. Honestly there is this atmosphere that and laugh do not particularly want to



4. A typical "room" for guests. Here, people confessed to what they did not commit.



5. The atmosphere is creepy. Complete sets for horror films



6. Hangman. People hung by his hands and they hung until he lost consciousness. After they dipped his head in a vat of sewage and then hung anew. This is not the most terrible torture of which are carried out, but the rest do not want to write too much.



7. A lot of rooms given over to the museum photos of the victims of terror. Taken intelligentsia, clergy, those who knew English and wore glasses. Think about it: to mock and kill only what you wear glasses!



8. In one of the buildings left the barbed wire, as it was during the sadistic regime



9. Within the classes were made camera - about a meter wide and one and a half deep.



10. It is not very similar to the brickwork 45 years ago. Most likely built to recreate the atmosphere



11. But when it was a school



12. Cells other format



13. The atmosphere is well preserved, but it is not clear why the ceilings whitewashed



14. It has been 35 years after these terrible events in Phnom Penh skyscrapers, but this school stands as a reminder of those terrible events.



15. In one of the rooms there are human skulls and bones of victims of the regime. During the walk you can see a lot of pictures, which shows how to kill people.



16. Tomb of the latest victims of this prison. 14 bodies were found during the liberation of the prison, which had been buried right here.



17. In the 15-20 km away from the prison, there is another chilling reminder - Death Field Choeung Ek. Here, people disliked the regime people "retrained". Under the training meant torture and physical destruction. Buried body here. Such were the killing fields across the country. Now Choeng Eke stupa built in memory of the victims



18. In the mortar in several rows stored skulls found during excavations



19. According to experts, particularly in the place were killed about 17 000 people.



20. The memorial stupa kept about 5,000 skulls



21. In the past this place was a garden of orchids and a Chinese cemetery



22. At the site you can take an audio guide and listening in Russian about all the gruesome details. I did not have more than 3 entries from more than 20



23. Within the territory of the tourists go and lament about the past events, and right behind the fence is life



24. The peasant in a fashionable hat



25. On the territory there are small pavilions - a mass burial. And there are blatant clearing where you can also notice the bones with the naked eye. The atmosphere of the place is very reminiscent of Khatyn in Belarus. Who was there, he will understand me.



26. Infants were killed on a tree



27. It must be said that the bullets were sorry and killing people means at hand - hoes, pickaxes, hammers. Or gather together and threw a grenade into the crowd.



28 people were brought to the place, and said that there will conduct educational work on conversion. In fact, it was the last night in the lives of these people



29. One of the surviving Chinese graves, historic cemetery located here



30. Total estimated killed about 1.7 million people. Order 1 200 000 of them were just starved and worked to death for the benefit of the communist future.



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