The day after we arrived we went to the S21 prison. That was a horrible but also a good experience.
For those who do not know the S21 prison was on of the places where people who they suspected were against the Khemer Rouge where imprisoned. They where keept here for weeks and sometimes months. They where tortured until they confessed and if the survived the torture they where killed at one of the killing fields.
When the regime Khem Rouge was toppled from power in 1979 the S21 prison was keept the way it was found. They buried the dead bodies they found and some things have been moved or removed but the main part still looks like the way it was found.
What scares me most is that it wasn't that long ago all of this happend...
For those who do not know the S21 prison was on of the places where people who they suspected were against the Khemer Rouge where imprisoned. They where keept here for weeks and sometimes months. They where tortured until they confessed and if the survived the torture they where killed at one of the killing fields.
When the regime Khem Rouge was toppled from power in 1979 the S21 prison was keept the way it was found. They buried the dead bodies they found and some things have been moved or removed but the main part still looks like the way it was found.
It was very emotional and unpleasant to see all this and there were many who cried during the tour. It was like you could feel and almost touch the terror and agony the prisoners must have felt.
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