"i am hungary."
"maybe you should czech the fridge."
"i'm russian to the kitchen."
"maybe you'll find some turkey"
"we have some but its covered in greece."
"ew, there is norway you can to eat that."
"i'll settle for a can
of chile"
"i want a canada chile too!"
"denmark your name on the can!"
"can you help me do it? iran to the store today, so i'm tired."
What is this place? . From 1975 to 1979, an estimated 17,000 people were imprisoned at Tuol Sleng (some estimates suggest a number as high as 20,000, although the real number is unknown). At any one time, the prison held between 1,000–1,500 prisoners. They were repeatedly tortured and coerced into naming family members and close associates, who were in turn arrested, tortured and killed. The site has four main buildings, known as Building A, B, C , and D. Building A holds the large cells in which the bodies of the last victims were discovered. Building B holds galleries of photographs. Building C holds the rooms sub-divided into small cells for prisoners. Building D holds other memorabilia including instruments of torture. Today, the museum is open to the public, and along with the Choeung Ek Memorial (The Killing Fields), The buildings at Tuol Sleng are preserved as they were left when the Khmer Rouge were driven out in 1979. It is included as a point of interest for those visiting Cambodia. The regime kept extensive records, including thousands of photographs despite the disturbing images it contains, the museum is visited by large parties of Cambodian school children.Some believed that ghosts of the victims continues to haunt the place.
Where is this place?
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum 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 the Khmer Rouge communist regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. Tuol Sleng means "Hill of the Poisonous Trees"
Things to do there? & why you should visit this place?
-Learn about the history of the Khmer Rouge.(educational)
-It is still at its original location and thus it is still untouched.(it is a good opportunity to learn about the history about the place/country which causes you to have a feel of what their living conditions were like then.)
Details: Open daily from 8am -11 am and 2.30pm -5pm
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