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Choeung Ek Genocidal Center

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Skulls of Khmer Rouge victims
Skulls of Khmer Rouge victims The skulls of victims of the Khmer Rouge on display at the Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (at a former execution site), near Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, located near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is a museum and memorial that commemorates the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime under Pol Pot. This site, along with the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (formerly S-21 prison), serves as a stark reminder of the Cambodian genocide.12

Between April 1975 and January 1979, the Khmer Rouge government systematically murdered an estimated 1.5 million Cambodians through starvation, overwork, disease, and execution. Choeung Ek was one of many execution sites where prisoners from S-21 were brought to be killed and buried in mass graves. The site now stands as a memorial to the victims of this horrific period in Cambodian history.321

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  2. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
  3. Cambodia - Cultural institutions

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