Today we went to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh. During the time of the Khmer Rouge Tuol Sleng was a Security Prison where thousands of people were tortured and killed. The prison was turned into a museum shortly after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979. A photo of each prisoner is showcased, official photographs taken by the prison officers.
I have no words to describe what it was like to walk through the prison. Looking at the pictures of the victims and walking past the cells where they were held... I took pictures and perhaps one day will share them, but somehow it just seems inappropriate to post them here.
However, I will leave you with this. In the courtyard of the prison, frangipani trees are blooming, a reminder that life goes on despite the horrific circumstances that used to exist here.
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