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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 548 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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Bali, Indonesia
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

Worth visiting unless you are too sensitive. I could not finish watching the pictures of the tortured people as it was really horrible, but it is necessary to know what happened to understand Cambodia... The museum could have more explanation about the history but apart from that it was interesting. Did not take the guide but maybe we should have?

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Bangkok, Thailand
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21 helpful votes 21 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

Same feelings as with the Killing Fields. Maybe people should see what we are capable of doing to each other, but making money from it for profit and that money not going directly to the victims families makes me and my wife, well, disturbed I guess is a good of word as any. Sad!

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Kolkata (Calcutta), India
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9 reviews 9 reviews
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

This is a must visit for all citizens of the world. The horror stories depicted through pictures & exhibits in this museum of death makes you realize how little separates man from becoming demons. The stomach curdling tales of how Cambodians tortured fellow Cambodians, the tools of torture, the graphic photographs speak a story that moved me to tears of... More

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

Visited the genocide museum last week-end on my first trip to the city. What you feel when you are there is as important as what you see. Everyone has his her own thoughts and feelings there. What impressed me most was the importance Pol Pot placed on documentation - more than what we can say about ourselves. Wonder why he... More

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W.A.
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

A place no-one wants to visit - but everyone should. It was horrific and very graphic. I am certainly glad that my family had the opportunity to visit so the memory doesn't fade.

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Auckland, New Zealand
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26 reviews 26 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 May 2012 NEW

This is a very sad place to visit, but would def. recommend it on your trip as it is a reminder of this dark era and Cambodia is still recovering from those years.

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Singapore, Singapore
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 May 2012 NEW
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Visited this place in the morning before heading out to the Killing Fields in the late afternoon. Definitely a must see if it's the first time you're in Phnom Penh to understand the history of the country. Visit this place first before heading to the Killing Fields so that your experience is complete. Didn't have a guide but felt that... More

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Dublin, Ireland
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 May 2012 NEW

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

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Taipei, Taiwan
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23 reviews 23 reviews
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12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 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 20 May 2012

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.

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