Tuoi Sieng Genocide Museum, Cambodia
Tuoi Sieng Genocide Museum.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tuolsleng1.JPG)
From the perimeter of the former S-21 Security Prison, now Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tuol_Sleng_Barbed_Wire.jpg)
Question 1:
What is this place?
-The site is a former high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. The museum is open to the public, and along with the Choeung Ek Memorial (The Killing Fields), is included as a point of interest for those visiting Cambodia. The name Tuol Sleng translates as "Hill of the Poison Tree." Despite the disturbing images it contains, the museum is visited by large parties of Cambodian school children.
-The Khmer Rouge were very thorough in their record keeping, so each prisoner was photographed, sometimes before and after their torture. Many of these haunting pictures are displayed, knowing that nearly all of the people in the pictures were later executed. There are also paintings of torture at the prison on display, done by one of the few survivors. Tuol Sleng is a very disturbing place, but it is an important reminder about how far humanity can sink.
Question 2:
Where is this place?
-The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.
Question 3:
Why do tourists visit this place?
-It is accessible and educational. Transportation is cheap and easy. Good way to learn more about the very important and recent history of this country and also to remind us of the horrific events. It is an important historical place and most of the building remains largely untouched.
Question 4:
What is the source of information?
-http://en.wikipedia.org
-www.google.com
-http://www.geckogo.com/Attraction/Cambodia/Phnum-Penh/Tuol-Sleng-Genocide-Museum/
Done by: Kalayarat Vanich 4M, Clarissa Yeo 4R
It is a dark tourism. There are many evidences of the history of people who were tortured and executed. ><
astri 4R-jessica 4D
I think this can be classified under dark tourism because it is related to the dark memories of the Polpot regime and the civilian war a few decades ago. Tourists may want to see what the captives have gone through during the dark period.
Lim Chen Gim, Marina, Tan Hui Ping (all 4M)
I agree:)Tourists come to learn about Khmer Roughe Regime and how the prisoners were treated at the Security Prison 21.
-Lee Sae Yun, Lim Yi Xian (4D)