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The horrible S21-Prison (Not for sensitive people)

In memory of all the innocent victims of Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge
About the S21 prison
About the S21 prison		 The rules for prisoners
The rules for prisoners		 The jail
The jail		 The jail
The jail
Jail cells
Jail cells		 A jail cell and a toilet and foot Iron
A jail cell and a "toilet " and foot Iron		 Jail cells
Jail cells		 The jail
The jail
Torture chamber
Torture chamber		 What the Vietnames found when the took over the prison, nobody alive
What the Vietnames found when the took over the prison, nobody alive		 Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims
Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims		 Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims
Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims
Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims
Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims		 Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims
Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims		 Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims
Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims		 Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims
Pictures of some of the 15-20.000 victims
Soldiers (with caps). Many became victims as well
Soldiers (with caps). Many became victims as well		 Soldiers (with caps). Many became victims as well
Soldiers (with caps). Many became victims as well		 The whole family of the traitors was killed
The whole family of the "traitors" was killed		 Victims
Victims
Victim
Victim		 Victim
Victim		 Victim
Victim		 Victim
Victim
Victim
Victim		 Victim
Victim		 Victim
Victim		 Victim
Victim
Victim
Victim		 Soldier / Victim ?
Soldier / Victim ?		 Soldier / Victim ?
Soldier / Victim ?		 Soldier / Victim ?
Soldier / Victim ?
Victim
Victim		 Sad and heartbroken Budda in the jail
Sad and heartbroken Budda in the jail		 Sad and heartbroken Budda in the jail
Sad and heartbroken Budda in the jail		 Sad and heartbroken Budda in the jail
Sad and heartbroken Budda in the jail

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I Love Genocide 23-Feb-2019 13:31
genocide is cool :)
Ryan 23-Oct-2018 20:55
Fuck you Dylan
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 14:05
I will after school
DYLAN :)) 23-Oct-2018 13:42
@Zeys accept my discord friend list
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:37
I think genocide is a good thing you guys might think I'm sick, but if it wasn't for genocide the world would of reached its carrying capacity by now, don't get me wrong it is sad... But if it wasn't for genocide the world would of died off were slowly reaching our carrying capacity again and another genocide is gonna happen soon. And ill bet it'll be America that has the next genocide. And if you think I'm bullshitting look up FEMA camps and the story along with them.
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:37
I think genocide is a good thing you guys might think I'm sick, but if it wasn't for genocide the world would of reached its carrying capacity by now, don't get me wrong it is sad... But if it wasn't for genocide the world would of died off were slowly reaching our carrying capacity again and another genocide is gonna happen soon. And ill bet it'll be America that has the next genocide. And if you think I'm bullshitting look up FEMA camps and the story along with them.
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:37
I think genocide is a good thing you guys might think I'm sick, but if it wasn't for genocide the world would of reached its carrying capacity by now, don't get me wrong it is sad... But if it wasn't for genocide the world would of died off were slowly reaching our carrying capacity again and another genocide is gonna happen soon. And ill bet it'll be America that has the next genocide. And if you think I'm bullshitting look up FEMA camps and the story along with them.
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:37
I think genocide is a good thing you guys might think I'm sick, but if it wasn't for genocide the world would of reached its carrying capacity by now, don't get me wrong it is sad... But if it wasn't for genocide the world would of died off were slowly reaching our carrying capacity again and another genocide is gonna happen soon. And ill bet it'll be America that has the next genocide. And if you think I'm bullshitting look up FEMA camps and the story along with them.
Big Beans 23-Oct-2018 13:26
Hey epic gamers
Scoob 23-Oct-2018 13:24
Man fuck niggers
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:14
Tbh genocide did help the world a lot
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:14
Tbh genocide did help the world a lot
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:14
Tbh genocide did help the world a lot
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:14
Tbh genocide did help the world a lot
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:14
Tbh genocide did help the world a lot
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:13
Tbh genocide did help the world a lot
@Zeys#1596 23-Oct-2018 13:13
Tbh genocide did help the world a lot
@Zeys#1596 19-Oct-2018 15:29
m gay lol
BotLarry 18-Oct-2018 12:41
This is a primary source btw
Gavin⚕⚕⚕ 17-Oct-2018 14:03
omg this is from 2016 but, if you see this you guys need to keep roasting eachother
DYLAN :)) 17-Oct-2018 13:57
This is so sad
DYLAN :)) 17-Oct-2018 13:57
This is so sad
@Zeys#1596 16-Oct-2018 17:17
i have autism lol
Guest 22-Nov-2017 18:38
ey adeet, like a smashed skull also?
well i'd be happy smashing yours...
fuckin moron!!
YOur daddy 24-Oct-2017 21:11
What the actual fuck?
Jimmy dean 19-Oct-2017 14:32
oats are good for you
Guest 18-Aug-2017 19:41
I hope they have peace now. Wherever they are.
Adeet 24-May-2017 15:01
I like genocide wohooooooooooooooo
Adeet 24-May-2017 14:59
I like sticks in ma buttholeeeeeeeeee
Adeet 24-May-2017 14:59
Hi i am adeet
Guest 19-Oct-2016 19:27
hi javk
Guest 19-Oct-2016 19:21
my names jack
Guest 19-Oct-2016 19:20
BYHAM******
Guest 19-Oct-2016 19:18
Mr. Biomes class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
john couger 18-Oct-2016 18:08
bitch thats my daily beverage you thunder cunt
pual nordan 18-Oct-2016 18:07
Well its todays argument too bitch im gonna make you drink bleach
john couger 18-Oct-2016 18:04
fuckin bitch this was yesterdays argument
pual nordan 18-Oct-2016 17:32
cmon jhon say something
pual nordan 17-Oct-2016 18:19
true i do like sticks up my ass because it feels good so please when we fight put a stick up my ass
john couger 17-Oct-2016 18:18
i would do the same to you but you will probably like it since ur a faggot
pual nordan 17-Oct-2016 18:17
ill shove a stick up ur ass jhon
john couger 17-Oct-2016 18:06
do it bitch
john couger 17-Oct-2016 18:06
do it bitch
pual nordan 17-Oct-2016 18:06
jhon ill fuck u up
pual nordan 17-Oct-2016 18:06
jhon ill fuck u up
john couger 17-Oct-2016 18:04
paul ur a fucken idiot
Paul nordan 17-Oct-2016 18:02
im gay
Guest 30-Aug-2014 23:50
Jay is wrong but FEMA camps do exist
Guest 11-Aug-2014 19:24
I worked with a survivor who were forced out to the countryside for labor; I remember him briefly telling the story of the last time he ever seen one his last remaining relative, his brother. They had run away, separated by the jungle. He claims to have never seen him again.

He now lives in the state of NV.
leo 01-Jul-2014 22:23
this looks fun
leo 01-Jul-2014 22:23
this looks fun
Guest 01-Jul-2014 22:22
this looks fun
Jay is a moron 13-Jun-2014 01:31
Jay you are a fucken moron. I've been to every state in America and no such thing exists. I just looked it up and most of the film that supposedly shows these camps are films of north korean labor camps and other oppressed states around the world. The world is far from its carrying capacity and genocide is certainly not the answer. You are just insensitive maybe you wouldn't say its so great if your family was all slaughtered.
Jay 12-Jun-2014 23:07
I think genocide is a good thing you guys might think I'm sick, but if it wasn't for genocide the world would of reached its carrying capacity by now, don't get me wrong it is sad... But if it wasn't for genocide the world would of died off were slowly reaching our carrying capacity again and another genocide is gonna happen soon. And ill bet it'll be America that has the next genocide. And if you think I'm bullshitting look up FEMA camps and the story along with them.
Guest 20-May-2014 15:36
y
Guest 18-Apr-2014 16:45
Wow shibe
guest 10-Feb-2014 22:38
I like tacos!
Guest 31-Jan-2014 01:56
I visited the school. I felt scared. Very sad. I, at one point, was left alone. Not fun at all. I immediately left the building to get away.
Lily 10-Aug-2013 05:09
I am just back from Cambodia and didnt have gut to take any pictures in the prison. It is so heartbreaking... Thanks for sharing.
Nebula Stone 08-Jun-2013 11:07
you cannot compare Abu Ghraid and Guantanamo to the camp S21 or any other genocide you can compare with what happened to the Tutsi people and to the Jewish and also the the Kurds and the Armenians in the early 1900s, but not the two camps Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.
NotFromAmerica 04-Apr-2013 14:46
Noone intervenes unless it is in there best political interest. havnt you noticed by now? they sat by and watched the Nazis exterminate the jews until the nazis advanced and almost took Stalingrad. the possibility of them being unable to stop the nazis is the reason they sent in troops to Germany... they did absolutely nothing as these cambodians were being slaugthered, it was thanks to the viets that this stopped. you think america is as good as it claims to be? bullshit.
RD 20-Oct-2012 14:10
A very sad episode in the history of mankind. I never knew and would not have known if not visited Cambodia. There are countries in the world where such horroneous crimes are not even close to human thinking and here we see a live example of people having no thought of escape and it was permitted. What were other nations doing? What was United Nations doing??
Tony 19-Jun-2012 15:57
I diddnt think visiting S21 would affect me, but when i walked into one of the rooms and sore the pictures of the children that where there, i started to cry, i still cry if i think about it. A very moving experience. Such a shame this had to happen, war sucks. To the people involed in such atrocities, well i hope there is a hell and i hope they are rotting there right now.
David Hendry 16-May-2012 10:12
Been there such a sad place to walk around and to know what went on there.Our guide cryed telling us as she had family there that were murdered .Pol pot should have died a slow death.Hope this never happens again.
Guest 31-Jan-2012 16:28
why dident the UNITED NATIONS intervene!!!! why did the the americans or the British not help WHY??????
ADK 14-Dec-2011 03:04
First displayed to public by Ho Van Tay...unbelievable for this time period...truly evolutional
ADK 14-Dec-2011 03:00
First displayed to public by Ho Van Tay...unbelievable for this time period...truly evolutional
william sullivan 01-Sep-2011 03:29
Cambodian rajah: any combination of words i devise will fall miles short of your ignorance and delusion. These were innocent men, women, and children, murdered by the evil product that has, time and time again, resulted from the twisted ideology of communism. 100 million plus in the twentieth century died at the hand of this supposedly benevolent scourge upon humanity. There is no viable way to defend this event, or communism in general. Your diseased rationality is a bane upon our world, and the clay that creates such horrible calamities.
Cambodian Rajah 04-Jun-2011 04:46
The prisoners were all Khmer Rouge anyway. We shouldnt feel bad for their fate. They got what they deserved.
Bob Dingles 22-Mar-2011 05:10
Sully, you are de stoopid. go and eat some whole grain potatoes.
Sully 20-Jan-2011 19:19
In spite of the tragic images I just viewed, I had to keep from bursting out laughing at some of the earlier comments. "Guest" from 9/19/07,...please, give us all a break from such blind nonsense. And Jerry,....are you actually serious? Are you REALLY comparing guantanamo to S-21?!!! You're slapping the faces of each of the victims in those photographs with such ignorance. Shame on you.
Sarah 27-Aug-2010 05:52
I am very traumatised
Jacob 07-Aug-2010 19:20
Let us pray for those who sufferred and victimised. Let us hope thses will not happen again.

I join hands with Miss_Stone. If the sole power is vested with ill-visioned people, this is the result. The rulers of North Korea are also doing the same attrocity done by Pol Pot and his team, by charging treachery on the football coach and players who lost in the World Cup.
Hash 26-Jul-2010 02:45
It's heart breaking to see what these poor helpless people went through. I just saw the movie "The Killing Fields", and looking at the pictures actually makes me feel what these people went through. I hope they are at peace and happy, I pray for those who did this, may God forgive u, because I dont think any human being can.
Pete 25-Jul-2010 15:25
What went through my mind when I visited S21 are the horrors that can result from idealism. It happens again and again. Idealism often results in intolerance and hatred to those who do not share your ideals. It's played out in local politics in the west as well on a daily basis, only there the zealots are constrained by the heavy hand of the law and a massive system of checks and balances.
Richard 15-Dec-2009 17:50
I visited as well in June as I did missions work with www.aim4asia.org with Rahab's House and other organizations.

I found it compelling that reading books about this time in Cambodian history, many of the prisoners from 1978 on were actual Khmer Rouge themselves who committed atrocities themselves ended up being killed her. Duch and also Pol Pot were consumed with uncovering the enemy within "the organization"....Hearts go out to the innocents that were killed here.
Ron David 24-Nov-2009 10:07
i just came back from a visit to Phnom Penh, and went to see S-21. reminds me so much of the Nazi atrocities against the Jews. the Khmer Rouge mistakenly had their mentality in "pure" left wing Socialism, whilst the Nazis had virtually the same ideals in right wing Nationalism. when you go too far left, and too far right, the two philosophies end up with the same results. the common people are always the ones to suffer in both cases.
Bruce R Macdonald 15-Jun-2009 21:02
I just finished reading 'Voices from S-21'. A detailed analysis of the inner workings of Tuol Sleng. I visited and extensivly photographed this place in 1981 and 1998. This book is a must read to help understand the horror.
dan 31-Mar-2009 15:29
Nva army would sack siagon alot worse then what happen all the countrys around vietnam would communist. vietcong would kill hole villages or tell the phoenix program the hole village was all vc and usa would come in and kill them all. it was a confused war. LOOK up the phoenix program, and look up blackwater agency now and tell me there not the same.
Brian Sauve (student) 27-Jan-2009 06:28
I recently returned from a mission trip to Cambodia, my first to the country. My visit to S-21 haunts me to this day.
SK Wilson 16-Nov-2007 02:10
Having worked in SEA for some time, I have had the occassion to visit this site as well as several of the 'killing fields', neither of which leave you with a sense of anything less then a great depression knowing that this is a horror that was committed just a few short years ago, and continues in places daily through out the world on a smaller scale. Oddly we know of such attrocities only after the guilty have been conquered......For the yare those that write the history books. We forget about the white settlement and slaughter of native Americans, the pograms that the Soviets commited against Jews, as well as many other of their own people prior to WWII that make the Nazi's efforts look small in comparision. And so it will continue over and over as time goes forth...............mankind is not kind in any way.
Guest 19-Sep-2007 08:33
cambodia was just an extension of american genocide in south east asia, if the US had not been there, in vietnam and elsewhere, the societies would have remained intact and the perversions of the khmer would never have become reality, the americans behaved in se asia like the hordes of genghis khan, a presidential candidate in the US has .
and the west looked on as it all happened, they are only interested in oil and money, its so typical, of the christians,
Jerry 04-Oct-2006 20:06
good information and documentary. I have just come from Cambodia and think about this prison. In this case I should say that we can not be blind for big human mistakes like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. We are coping the history and do not realised that all this prisons are like S21.
I am against!!!
Herve Blandin13-Sep-2006 00:32
If we really look with the depth of our heart, these images are unbearable, the reason why having been twice in Cambodia, I cannot visit this place. It simply touches me too deeply. Thank you for bearing witness, and with a gallery, not just a couple visitors pix.
Miss_Stone 22-Jul-2006 06:25
We must not forget! Yet it's surprising how short the human memory is - right now, somewhere in the world, someone is being murdered with similar methods used at S-21. When the horrors of the German concentration camps were revealed to the world - everyone pledged it would never happen again. But it does, and it will, unless humans can find a way to communicate and co-exist peacefully. Is peace a pipedream or can it really be reality? We do what we can as individuals, in our own small, yet significant ways. Peace to you.
Ashley Hockenberry18-Nov-2005 19:51
A sobering reminder. Thanks.
Guest 06-Nov-2005 22:49
A truly heartbreaking gallery - well documented.
Guest 29-Sep-2005 18:39
very nice documetary work Geir, i only wish you had included in some images visitors as well
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