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A Chilling Reminder at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

Stepping into Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21) is like walking through history’s darkest chapter. The former school-turned-prison holds haunting cells, rusted beds, and thousands of faces staring from black-and-white photographs. Every corridor whispers untold stories of suffering and resilience. A sobering visit that urges us to remember, reflect, and ensure history never repeats itself. #favouriteitinerary
Posted: Feb 16, 2025
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The museum is the once prison that contained many people who were subsequently killed. Once a school, the museum offers a humbling account of the genocide. You can walk in the torture rooms and cells, and speak with some of the still living survivors of the tragic era. Highly recommend a tour guide to take you around this site and the Killing Fields to get the full picture. There are a couple of survivors that will share their story with you about how they survived. Buy their books or souvenirs to help support them.

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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum or Tuol Sleng as it is often called, was transformed from a school into a prison for interrogation, torture and murder of accused Khmer Rouge prisoners. It is believed that over the course of a few years between 1975 and 1979, no less than ten thousand people died there. Although it is not a prison today, to commemorate the victims of that event, the current Cambodian government has turned Tuol Sleng into a museum to tell stories and teach lessons from the brutal past.

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