These are the killing fields outside of Phnom Penh. The Khmer Rouge set up 300 of these murder camps around Cambodia to kill intellectuals, city dwellers, and anybody who wore glasses or had soft hands. They killed 3 million Cambodians in these camps, beaten to death, their skulls fractured or their throats slit by farming tools, or by the sharp edges of the branches of this palm tree. Many Cambodians place bracelets on the fences built around these mass graves to remember the lives of the innocent, slaughtered because of a bizarre, cruel and paranoid vision of a perfect society. Remember their lessons. When some group of people is demonised, always question, and practise strength of character, so if the day ever comes that you're asked to do something abhorrent, you can respond with a clear no, that offers comfort to those whose humanity would otherwise be denied. #cambodia #kampuchea #phnonpenh #khmer #khmerrouge #genocide #humanity #skulls #killingfield #history #asia #travel #viaje #kurtparadise (at វាលពិឃាដជើងឯក Killing Field)
