Killing Fields & Prison - Phnom Penh

To me, Phnom Penh was a place of constant exhilaration to the senses - the sights, the sounds, the smells - but mostly it was a place of heart ache. That heart ache began with The Killing Fields and the prison. This is where The Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia and killed about 2 million people from 1975 to 1979 (about a quarter of Cambodia's population at the time). If you are not familiar with what happened in Cambodia I suggest reading "First They Killed My Father" It's a really well written book that from a child's perspective during the era of Khmer Rouge. I highly recommend it.

I can only imagine what these walls have seen




They turned the schools into prisons.


It's difficult for visitors.

Here is where they keep the Skulls of the prisoners that were killed here at the Killing fields




The holes in the ground are only a few of the mass graves where the bodies were recovered.