Saturday, November 10, 2012

Toul Sleng Genocide Museum.

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (Khmerសារមន្ទីរឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ទួលស្លែង) is a museum in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The site is a former high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by theKhmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. Tuol Sleng (Khmer [tuəl slaeŋ]) means "Hill of the Poisonous Trees" or "Strychnine Hill".

Photos of the victims of the Khmer Rouge line the walls. There were many photo  Photo of one method of torture at Tuol Sleng.

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