The Toul Sleng Genocidal Museum, Phnom Penh is a museum situated in Phnom Penh. The museum is built at the former site of a high school, used by the Khmer Rouge regime after its rise to power in1975 till its fall in 1979. Toul Sleng Genocidal Museum, Phnom Penh is present as they were left by the Khmer Rouge after they were driven out in 1979.
Toul Sleng Genocidal Museum, Phnom Penh - History
This building, which was a high school, named after a Royal ancestor of King Norodom Sihanouk which was converted into a prison as well as an interrogation center in 1975. It was renamed as "Security Prison 21", and the construction started. All the windows were covered with iron bars and barbed wire to prevent inmates from escaping. Whole of the building was covered with electrified barbed wires. Around 17,000 people were imprisoned at the prison between 1975 to 1979. The prison was reopened in 1980 by the invading Vietnamese army.
Toul Sleng Genocidal Museum, Phnom Penh - Today
The museum has extensive records, which includes photographs of more than 20,000 prisoners who passed through the prison. The museum has the "skull map", which has 300 skulls along with bones of the inmates killed at the prison.
The Toul Sleng Genocidal Museum in Phnom Penh is kept open for the public and some 500 tourists visit the Museum each day. The museum is a popular place of interest along with Choeung Ek memorial.
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