Pagoda filled with bones and clothes of victims
As hard as it is to view these photos it’s important to us to include this dark episode in Cambodian history; especially since it still goes on today in other parts of the world. Absolutely everyone we met in Cambodia was tragically affected by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, babies killed ruthlessly by other children, child soldiers who were then routinely executed as well. Everyone was a victim of Pol Pots madness.
Details of the torture and killings were incomprehensible but they happened. Our consciousness was once again opened and another layer of insulation was removed as we pondered the questions like “How could anyone do this? Why, why?” Now when we read or hear news about Darfur or Sri Lanka we are chilled by this new raw awareness that man’s inhumanity to man is still very strong in our global village.
Victims clothes, bones, teeth continually arise unearthed by weather
Details of the torture and killings were incomprehensible but they happened. Our consciousness was once again opened and another layer of insulation was removed as we pondered the questions like “How could anyone do this? Why, why?” Now when we read or hear news about Darfur or Sri Lanka we are chilled by this new raw awareness that man’s inhumanity to man is still very strong in our global village.
Victims clothes, bones, teeth continually arise unearthed by weather
Craters of the mass graves
Iron Ankle shackles
Shelves in the shrine, organized by age an sex of the victims
You certainly know all the right things to say to get my day started with a smile - NOT.
ReplyDeleteThanks for opening my eyes.
wow, unbelieveable stuff. I bow my head in silent rememberance. Us humans are just not very good beings are we?
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