S21 Prison: The Gateway to Cambodia’s Killing Fields

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  @Bassist-Beneath · 6 years ago

  The fact that Pol Pot and the prince both died comfortably of natural causes makes me want to throw up

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  @soangkeareaksmey1034 · 6 years ago (edited)

  I’m Cambodian, and I’m here to announce that S21 former director, comrade Duch,  just passed away a few days ago.

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• BI

  @biofoot7874 · 6 years ago

  That closing message, that needs to be in everyone's head

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  @AnthonyChhan · 6 years ago

  My parents and older siblings endured the Cambodian genocide.  I thank you for this video and your video of Pol Pot.  They mean a lot and is our constant reminder of where we had come from and what could my life have been had it not been for the genocide.  Thank you again, these videos mean a lot to me.

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• NL

  @nlwilson4892 · 6 years ago

  I&apos;ve been to both S21 and Choeung Ek. Choeung Ek is about the size of a football field, it was originally paddy fields so each pit is about 6ft deep (they have dug some out and put the bones in a stupa) and they piled the bodies right to the top. There were 17 such Killing Fields in Cambodia. There&apos;s a thin layer of soil on top of them now but as you walk along the path you can see bits of clothes and bones sticking out. That tree it shows with the sign on - that is what they used to kill the younger children by holding them by the legs and smashing their head on the tree. They considered 3 generations of each family to be guilty for the &quot;crimes of one&quot;. <br>It is estimated that if the Vietnamese hadn&apos;t invaded when they did, about 4 million would have been dead within weeks because so many were so close to starvation. Both our guides remember, as children, scratching around in the dirt to find grubs to eat.<br><br>It was good that Simon drew attention to the fact that other groups around the world are doing &nbsp;similar and the message at the end was very necessary - &quot;The tale of S21 isn&apos;t something confined to history, a story that we can easily dismiss. It&apos;s a warning, a warning about what can happen when you divide a population, when leaders care only about power and we see our enemies not as people but as slogans.&quot;

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• NA

  @nathanielfamisan1968 · 6 years ago

  &quot;One of the great ironies of communism is that so many of its leaders came from the same privileged backgrounds that they rallied against.&quot;<br><br>For once, someone finally said what must be said.

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• MA

  @Mansini77 · 6 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiflq0KX_bw&amp;t=300">5:00</a> “A middle class teacher daydreaming of revolution.” Yeah, I’ve had a few of those in school myself.

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• OL

  @oldman975 · 6 years ago

  And in all of these atrocities there were people who said,”It can’t happen here!” They say it even now.

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• DO

  @dodge96neon · 6 years ago

  i remember in the late 1970&apos;s that there were many cambodians fleeing cambodia by boat and jane fonda said , &quot; why would anyone want to leave cambodia &quot;

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• TI

  @titanicwang2044 · 6 years ago

  History doesn&apos;t repeat<br><br><br>but it rhymes.

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• AK

  @AkurA30 · 6 years ago

  A terrible part of history... <br><br>Just wish more people knew about it

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• AM

  @amb163 · 6 years ago (edited)

  &quot;It can always get worse...&quot; <br><br>Yeah, that&apos;s what I worry about, sitting here in the year 2020. I hope more people take your end message to heart.

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