Day
2
December 4th -Phnom Penh
From
a first glance the Tuol Prey High School built in the sixties looks an innocent
location but in 1975 it was turned into a prison by Pol Pot's security forces..It
was known as Security Prison 21 (S-21).It soon became the largest centre of torture
in the country and between 1975 and 1978 over 17,000 victims were taken to the
Killing Fields of Choeung Ek.
While
now birds sing in the trees surrounding the prison remnants of the original barbed
wire some of which was electrified.
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The
above are only a small example of the many images I took in this Genocide Museum.
Before prisoners from every walk of life were placed in their cells they were
photographed. They slept on the floor and were shackled to iron bars.
The larger
cells were used for interrogating and torturing prisoners .
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There
was just time to visit the Russian Market before heading off to the 'Killing Fields'.
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12-24 18mm(equiv.) !/320 f10 200 iso
Dimage
7 infra red filter 200iso 1/30 f2.8
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The
remains of almost 9000 people were exhumed from mass graves in the Killing Fields
of Choeung Ek. More than 8000 skulls are visible behind the glass panels of the
Memorial Stupa which was erected in 1988. The site is 15 km from Phnom Penh.
It's
a peaceful place now as the images below show.
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Nikon
Micro 105mm 157mm (equiv.) 1/500 f5.6 200 iso
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To
end a busy day a few of the group visited the Wat Phnom on top of a 27 meter tree
covered knoll.
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There
are larger versions of many of the above pictures. Click on them.
