Following up from my blog post on the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, I wanted to give our visit to “The killing Fields” a seperate blog post too.
Another harrowing experience but in my opinion a must see if you are visting Cambodia.
The information below is taken from Wikipedia:
The Killing Fields were a number of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Vietnam War.
At least 200,000 people were executed by the Khmer Rouge[1]. Analysis of 309 mass grave sites by the DC-Cam Mapping Program and Yale University indicate at least 1,386,734 victims.[2][3] Estimates of the total number of deaths resulting from Khmer Rouge policies, including disease and starvation, range from 1.4 to 2.2 million out of a population of around 7 million.[4] In 1979, communist Vietnam invaded Democratic Kampuchea and toppled the Khmer Rouge regime.
Cambodian journalist Dith Pran coined the term ‘Killing Fields’ during his escape from the regime.[5] A 1984 film, The Killing Fields, tells the story of Dith Pran, played by another Cambodian survivor Haing S. Ngor, and his journey to escape the death camps.
Human skulls on display in the glass-sided stupa. One of the most harrowing things ive ever witnessed.
