#choeungek

[ralphvelasco]

#NeverForget Monument at Choeung Ek, a former Chinese cemetery, where just one of the many Killing Fields in Cambodia is located. #choeungek #killingfields #cambodia (at Choeung Ek Killing Field) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cln3zQAJ1BV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[optikestrav]

Tuol Sleng     ទួលស្លែង Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh  

Choeung Ek   ជើងឯក     Dangkao district, Phnom Penh 

© optikestrav         

(2015)

[sandnspice]

Phnom Penh Cambodia 💀 A Dark Legacy The rank and file Khmer Rouge were no more than children (the average age of the troops who entered Phnom Penh in 1975 was 17). https://www.sandspice.com/phnom-penh/ #PhnomPenh #Cambodia #Legacy #S21 #ChoeungEk

[quickwitter]

Some of the skulls of those murdered by the Khmer Rogue the Cambodian Killing FIelds at Choeng Ek (there were over 300 separate killing fields throughout Cambodia) Choeung Ek Genocide Center, Cambodia 2019 #choeungek #skulls #murder #khmerrogue #killingfields #cambodia #southeastasia #asia #travelphotography #originalphotography #travel #©lauraquick #foursided #ninestories #overfivethousanddeaths #display https://www.instagram.com/p/BywIK6BnQGs/?igshid=1o82fgf6gt2lm

[adventurousliving-t]

Exploring unknown place. 

[bradtrek]

Prison #s-21 where the #polpot regime brutally tortured and killed the people! More than 17,000 people were held here then taken to #choeungek the killing fields, chilling (at Toul Slaeng, Phnom Penh, Cambodia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B04b-n-BbCf/?igshid=j1zlp9dj5057

[cambodia-2018-blog]

The Killing Fields

This is from my last trip where we went on an audio tour of The Killing Fields.

There are a number of sites in Cambodia where collectively more than a million people were killed and buried by the communist Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War (1970–1975). The mass killings are widely regarded as part of a broad state-sponsored genocide (the Cambodian genocide). Estimates of the total number of deaths resulting from Khmer Rouge policies, including disease and starvation, range from 1.7 to 2.5 million out of a 1975 population of roughly 8 million.

Between 1975 and 1978 about 17,000 men, women, children and infants who had been detained and tortured at S-21 (which we toured the following weekend) and were transported to the extermination camp of Choeung Ek (killing fields). They were often bludgeoned to death to avoid wasting precious bullets. The remains of 8985 people, many of whom were bound and blindfolded, were exhumed in 1980 from mass graves in this one-time longan orchard; 43 of the 129 communal graves here have been left untouched. Fragments of human bone and bits of cloth are scattered around the disinterred pits. More than 8000 skulls, arranged by sex and age, are visible behind the clear glass panels of the Memorial Stupa, which was erected in 1988. It is a peaceful place today, masking the horrors that unfolded here less than three decades ago. Admission to the Killing Fields includes an excellent audio tour, available in several languages, which includes stories by those who survived the Khmer Rouge, plus a chilling account by Choeung Ek guard and executioner Him Huy about some of the techniques they used to kill innocent prisoners and defenseless women and children.

[jamessebright]

Choeung Ek, commonly known as The Killing Fields. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Choeung Ek is in fact one of hundreds of known killing fields in Cambodia, where Pol Pot's Organisation murdered people considered a threat to their utopian ideal. The Memorial Stupa at Choeung Ek houses 5,000 skulls and bones found on the site to date. #killingfields #cambodia #phnompenh #travelphotography #travelgram #travel #travelphotographer #asia #memorial #choeungek #fujifilm #fujifilmasia #jamessebright #documentary #documentaryphotography #documentaryphotographer (at Phnom Penh)

[eugenialupee02]

These pictures spoke of a more sinister past to a beautiful country, now bustling with life. These were the silent reminders of all the horrible things that happened which left a painful memory in the heart of many Was it hard to walk through this beautiful place while listening to the story why it exists in the first place? Yes it was But I can say it was a day full of learning. Perseverance, hope, humanity. Life will prevail, no matter how dark it may seem at times. And we need to learn about the past, no matter how gruesome, so that the same thing will not happen again in the future #loopylupeeontheroad #history #historical #site #massgrave #genocidemuseum #choeungek #choeungekgenocidalcenter #choeungekkillingfields #cambodia🇰🇭 #trip #daytrip #learning #reminder #humanity #hope #BeautifulCambodia #thekillingfields (at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp_3d0sl9NI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rcgfs8oka6a7

[nomadicframes]

Killing Fields, Cambodia⠀ November 2006⠀ ⠀ Brightly colored friendship bracelets line the bamboo fences that surround the mass graves at the Killing Fields outside of Phnom Penh. Estimates of the total number of deaths resulting from Khmer Rouge policies, including disease and starvation, range from 1.7 to 2.5 million out of a 1975 population of roughly 8 million.⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ .⠀⠀ #killingfields #choeungek #cambodian #khmerrouge #ttot #instatravel #traveling #touroftheworld #Travelandexplore #bbctravel #huffingtonpostgram #worldtravelpics #travelandlife #passionpassport #destinavo #guardiantravelsnaps #intrepidtravel #travelstoke #joeredtravel #discoverglobe #mylpguide #athomeintheworld #nomadstories #trippyowl #spotyourlife #CanonBringIt #Canon5DM3 (at Cambodia)

[atravellingaccountant]

Today, April 30, I visited the Choeung Ek Genocide Center, a place all who visit PP should try to see. I didn’t take pictures of the bones or the killing tree as they are easily found online. Instead I am sharing these photos of beautiful flowers that grow there in stark contrast to the brutality of the late 70s.

I think it shows great courage and integrity for a nation to own this horrific past with to goal of respecting those who perished - and those who survived - and remembering is the best way to prevent such atrocities from happening again.

Somehow I only shed tears at the killing tree, while hearing how so many infants were murdered, and at one of the displays of human bones. A recently uncovered jawbone with all the front teeth missing was sitting on top of the box. Teeth probably knocked out by Khmer Rouge soldiers sometime before being murdered. I could not forget that this happened during my happy Canadian childhood.

This center doesn’t soften what happened. And it should not.

[sandnspice]

Phnom Penh Cambodia 💀 A Dark Legacy The rank and file Khmer Rouge were no more than children (the average age of the troops who entered Phnom Penh in 1975 was 17). #PhnomPenh #Cambodia #Legacy #S21 #ChoeungEk

[quickwitter]

The Road to Choeung Ek One of Khmer Rogue's many Killing Fields ផ្លូវជើងឯក Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2019 #farming #cambodia #khmer #phnompenh #choeungek #southeastasia #asia #travel #travelphotography #resilience #©lauraquick https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4_loknxDJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4z6w08vqbfjb

[experimentingwithwellness]

"For your sake, remember us, remember our past as you look to your future." Bearing witness. #killingtree #chankiritree #cambodia #choeungek (at Stupa At Choeung Ek)

[cambodia-2018-blog]

Choeung Ek @ The Killing Fields

This is my beautiful sister, Jenna. This was Jenna’s first time to Cambodia and visiting the Killing Fields. 

You see-- Jenna’s mother and father were living through the beatings and torture of the Khmer Rouge in the early 1970′s before miraculously escaping on a boat to head West where they landed in the Bay Area. Jenna got to go experience the history of Cambodia through our mission trip, but she also got to tour the torturous reality of what her family once walked through. The following year, Jenna got to take her family back to Cambodia, where they got to tour and vacation their home country.

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At the Killing Fields, mass graves containing 8,895 bodies were discovered at Choeung Ek after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime. Many of the dead were former political prisoners who were kept by the Khmer Rouge in their Tuol Sleng detention center and in other Cambodian detention centers.

Today, Choeung Ek is a memorial, marked by a Buddhist stupa. The stupa has acrylic glass sides and is filled with more than 5,000 human skulls. Some of the lower levels are opened during the day so that the skulls can be seen directly. Many have been shattered or smashed in.

[morelovemoreadventure]

A powerful place, filled with so many emotions, the victims of the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge are remembered in Memorial Stupa at the Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, aka the Killing Fields . . . #killingfields #phenompenh #cambodia #choeungek #gonebutnotforgotten #alwaysremember #morelovemoreadventure #history #genocide #travelgram #igtravel #photooftheday #wanderlust #worldtravel #welivetoexplore #instafollow #followback (at Cheung Ek Genocidal Museum)