S21 Prison: The Gateway to Cambodia’s Killing Fields
In the 1970s, Cambodia s Khmer Rouge ran a horrifying prison camp called S21 that was at the heart of one of the worst genocides ever recorded. Fewer than 1% of those who stayed there made it out alive. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Morris M. Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Source/Further reading: Official website of the genocide museum: https://tuolsleng.gov.kh/en/museum/building/ Killing Fields museum: http://www.killingfieldsmuseum.com/s21-victims.html Overview by USHMM: https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/cambodia/case-study/background/origins-of-the-khmer-rouge In-depth NYT article on the discovery of S-21 and its transformation into a museum: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/c/chandler-voices.html World Without Genoicde: the Cambodian Genocide: http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/cambodia Britannica - detailed history of Cambodia: https://www.britannica.com/place/Cambodia/Independence Biography, Pol Pot: https://www.biography.com/political-figure/pol-pot Britannica: Pol Pot: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pol-Pot BBC- Khmer Rouge era: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-10684399 BBC, the tale of two survivors: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33096971 Interesting review of Voices of S21: https://english.cambodiadaily.com/news/review-of-voices-from-s-21-terror-and-history-in-pol-pots-secret-prison-624/ S-21 torture methods: http://www.cambodiatribunal.org/2016/06/16/propaganda-torture-and-french-colonial-heritage-looking-into-the-methods-of-the-khmer-rouge/ Medical experiments? https://thediplomat.com/2012/08/chilling-evidence-in-khmer-rouge-trial/ Cambodian incursions into Vietnam: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/07/opinion/meanwhile-when-the-khmer-rouge-came-to-kill-in-vietnam.html
