Tuol Sleng – Another sad Memorial Site of History

Tuol Sleng - Another sad Memorial Site of History

When I crossed the border to Cambodia , it was hard not to think about what had happened here in the late 70’s … The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot – also called “Brother No. 1” – started a cruel “experiment” by creating a purely agrarian-based Communist society. Speaker of the Red Khmer announced the beginning of a new revolutionary era in which every form of oppression and tyranny would be abolished. However, within the first months of this revolutionary era the country was transformed into a giant labor and prison camp.

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