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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

Street 113, Boeng Keng Kang, Phnom Penh 3, Cambodia
Ranked #5 of 44 attractions in Phnom Penh
4.5 of 5 stars 541 Reviews
Type: History Museums, Historic Sites
Description: This former torture and detention center is now a museum dedicated to the victims of the Khmer Rouge.
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Dublin, Ireland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 26, 2012 NEW

Well organised, actual photos and memorabilia. Get to meet the two remaining survivors of this genocide More

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Taipei, Taiwan
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 25, 2012 NEW

We visited the S-21 museum before heading to the Killing Fields which I would definitely recommend. It gave a reference to the details of what we saw there - the classrooms converted into torture rooms and cells - to where the prisoners were taken to be executed. It was a very sobering experience but very informative as to Cambodia's history.... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 20, 2012 NEW

This must be one of the essential places to visit during a trip to Cambodia. You will only want to visit it once since it is so depressing. You wonder how such nice people as the Khmers whom you meet could have committed such dastardly acts. More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 18, 2012

This was a very difficult place to visit but glad I did. The terrible things that occured at this place will be with me forever make a point of visiting if you can. More

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Sydney
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 18, 2012

A must see, even though it is very moving, it is amazing to think that a lot of Cambodians look positively to the future, perhaps because their history at the hands of one of their own countrymen(pol Pot), and the manner in which their King had allowed his political party to exist and then commit such attrocities, no wonder we... More

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Singapore, Singapore
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 18, 2012

This is hands down the creepiest place I've ever been. Even creepier than any ghost houses in the whole world combined. The horror was still there. You could feel it. At first, I didn't have the guts to climb the stair to the second floor, but when I saw a lady was up, I followed her. You could see the... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 16, 2012

There are a lot of victim's photos at Toul Slen Genocide Museum I heard that more than 100000 death when Khmer Rouge role Cambodia it is crazy one More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 16, 2012

A visit toTuol Sien Genocide Museum will break your heart. Prior to 1975 it was a High School but when the Khmer Rouge came to power it was converted into the S-21 prision and interrogation facility. Much has been left in the state it was when the Khmer Rouge abandoned it in 1979. The prison kept extensive records and left... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 15, 2012

Really enjoyed the museum, if you can say that about a genocide museum. I did find the Killing Fields better, so if you only have time for one..... Lots of reading here, and I would not recommend taking small children. I would not take my own. You will need about 2 hours I think. More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 14, 2012

not for the faint hearted but a really interesting and very sombre reminder of the atrocities that happened here a must see location along with Choeung Ek that will help you understand what happened to the Cambodian People More

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