Wade Armstrong (juniorbird) : photos : Phnom Penh : Of 20,000 prisoners held at Tuol Sleng, only 7 survived the Khmer Rouge rule from 1975-79

Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia, now bustling after being almost denuded during the late '70s and growing only slowly during the '80s.

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$Wade Armstrong (juniorbird) > The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek's toll - a fraction of the 2-3 million Cambodians killed by the Khmer Rouge$

Wade Armstrong (juniorbird) > Central Phnom Penh

Wade Armstrong (juniorbird) > Tuol Sleng - the secret execution prison of Khmer Rouge unit S-21

Wade Armstrong (juniorbird) > Tuol Sleng was originally a high school

Wade Armstrong (juniorbird) > The first floor contained classrooms broken up into small single cells, the upper two larger group cells

Wade Armstrong (juniorbird) > Torture room at Tuol Sleng

Wade Armstrong (juniorbird) > Torture room entrance -- of Tuol Sleng's 20,000 inmates, only 7 survived

Wade Armstrong (juniorbird) > Prisoners were hung from these hooks for torture

Wade Armstrong (juniorbird) > Of 20,000 prisoners held at Tuol Sleng, only 7 survived the Khmer Rouge rule from 1975-79

Of 20,000 prisoners held at Tuol Sleng, only 7 survived the Khmer Rouge rule from 1975-79

> Of 20,000 prisoners held at Tuol Sleng, only 7 survived the Khmer Rouge rule from 1975-79

Of 20,000 prisoners held at Tuol Sleng, only 7 survived the Khmer Rouge rule from 1975-79

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