My mom is a killing field survivor she lived & worked in the camp for 5 years under the Khmer Rouge regime. She survived when viet con enter Cambodia and she escaped thru the jungle into Thailand. She suffered from ptsd. I would do anything to take the pain away she endures.
Devil protects his own. Pretty messed up. Also reminds me of the stories about Nazi leaders that escaped persecution to live out their lives in obscurity.
I always like to think that evil people who live long don't get to live happy life. Demons will always be behind them and with age comes death. The closer it comes the more they worry about what the other side holds. Perfect mental torture. Im glad he got to live that long.
@@bradwindhorst7010 lol no he don't that's the best part about satan is at least he is so selfish he destroys all the scum he creates by his genus plan to overthrow a infinite being who can't lose lol *facepalm* they will all be destroyed in hellfire no worrys but are you safe and under the blood of the lamb ? Or are you going down with satan
I have been to this site. The tree shown at the beginning is not the tree that withstood the most horror. Farther on, as you walk along the raised plank walkways around what is actually a rather small place, you come to a tree, massive, hundreds of yrs old, a tree upon which 1000's of skulls were crushed as their bodies were slung thru the air, especially kids, a tree around which people's arms were stretched and tied so their ribcages could be smashed with clubs, a tree from whom people were suspended, their arms behind their backs and who died screaming as their arms were ripped from their sockets and their lungs collapsed. At the base of this gigantic tree further inside the killing field, people were sledged with shovels and their blood and brains fell onto the ground. Around this tree, and in so many other places in this genocide park, poking out from the ground, you can see as yet uncollected evidence of the horrors: teeth, bits of cloth from shirts, kids' shoes, bits of smashed bone from broken bodies. Here stands this tree. In my experience, trees are harbingers of life. If a tree has any conscience, this tree weeps for the death its life has been forced to bear. I think this, of all trees, yearns for birds in its branches and laughing children scrambling from a tire swing. This tree knows enough misery. When I was there, I saw the bits of bone and shoe and shirt poking out from the earth. And when I came to the killing tree at the back, there was a young man sitting on the walkway. I don't know who he was or where he was from, but he was just sitting on the walkway collecting the grief of human horror into himself and weeping inconsolably. I dont think he even felt my hand on his shoulder for that brief moment; he was feeling all the heartbreak. And the tree, I felt, in its massiveness, did what trees always do. It shaded us from the sun and seemed sad and resigned to witness our lament at our idiot human folly.
My cousins aunt died bc of this and I’m really happy that ppl are showing support for Cambodia and making documentaries about it! I am from Cambodia btw
I have been to the beautiful country of Cambodia several times and have visited Choeung Ek where thousands of men, women and children were murdered and "S21 Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocide" where the most indescribable atrocities were carried out. It leaves one feeling numb and confused as to how anyone in their right mind could prosecute such terrible crimes predominately because of the irrational paranoia of Pol Pots regime. Whilst visiting S21 I met and spoke to a survivor Bou Meng, he was one of only a few who escaped death by having a skill, drawing which the Khmer Rouge made use of. His drawings of Pol Pot were so good, most people think they are photos, in fact the most famous pictures of Pot are not photos, they are drawings by Bou Meng. All of Bou Mengs family, wife and children were murdered by the Khmer Rouge.
Pol Pot was cast in the same mould as Hitler, Stalin and Mae Zedong. They had crazy narcissistic ideals of creating a super race with their own people in their own country. Their twisted ideals were radically out of touch with the rest of mankind. They murdered countless millions of their own people in the quest for the impossible dream. They were total psychopaths of the worst kind.
@@attilamert6973 Speculating on motives is a tough business. But I will posit this. We tend to describe the outcome of what is simple contempt, envy, and jealously as heinous, grotesque atrocities because we don't fully accept the inherent evil in such sins. For example, the difference between the jealousy of a lover and the kind which drove Pol(itical) Pot(ential) to employ genocide is the same. The difference in outcome is a difference in degree only. It is only a difference in the degree to which it is indulged, funded, and carried out to scale. The nature or substance of the evil is of the same kind. The danger is to allow the horror of what happened in Cambodia in particular to be described in anomalous terms. Men like Hitler or Pot weren't just crazy. Before anything else they were contemptuous, jealous, envious and ambitious in a pedestrian sense. Cain killed Abel for the same reason. James 14but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. Thus is progressivism.
Many of the people that ended up in the killing fields had come from Toul Sleng, a school in Phnom Penh that was used for torturing people. Pol Pot was an individual who was unable to control his own people. Some areas were worse than others. I lived and worked in Cambodia from 1996 to 2017. I married a Cambodian lady who had been through Pol Pot, forced to marry and left with 2 children. I was able to help raise her son and daughter who are now lovely adults with their own kids.
@Google User There is no such thing as "pure communism" because humans are involved. Thousands were murdered in Cambodia for no other reason than wearing spectacles or having false teeth. Towards the end the snake was eating its own tail. Its interesting that following any successful revolution the pioneers, usually students and intellectuals were the first against the wall. Be careful what you wish for.
Cambodia was a very highly educated country in the 70's, but you can't fight tyranny (from 12 year olds) when they strip you of guns. And the km was brainwashed
I tried not to watch as I have most family members died under Khmer Rouge regime... so afraid I may see my father, uncles, cousins.... so sad even decades passed, memories are still vivid and wish could reverse time to start all over again... it’s been a long journey for me.... perhaps too slow from pains.... wish everyone peace...
Sorry you had to go thru that no one deserved any of the things that men do in harm to others . May you live a peaceful life and blessings to you and your family loves you .
Let's not forget : Evil does exist. The biggest trick the devil played was to make many believe he does not exist. Ironically , this tragedy happened to the most peaceful and humble people on earth.
Thank you for the video! I was lucky to escape Cambodia 1 week before Pol Pot gained full power. I was found in a bombed jungle as one of 2 survivors from a Village. I was supposed to be on Operation BabyLift and last min. we went with a Canadian air force plane instead.
Visited this place some time back..heavy air penetrated even from where i stepped in from the entrance..the place is segmented by check points, explaining the events took place respectively. The killing tree was really massive. And there was a lake behind the killing tree. It was really really sad. I swear i just walked out straight back to a shed near the entrance, just standing there crying. It was really difficult being there..cant imagine what those victims went thru. My prayers to the fallen
I am privileged to have a survivor of this horrid tragedy in my home daily to help me with my disabled son. He survived the walk to be free. He was saved by missionaries . He has shared much of his story with me. I knew of this but he has shared things you can only hear from someone who has been through such a thing.
Is this man named Chin Lee? I met a then younger man in 1989 purely by chance because we both attended Ultimo TAFE college. His humility and kindness I'll always remember... He too retold his experience and he was rescued by missionaries who brought him to Australia.
I live in the United States California. At the time of their horrible deaths I was living a life that had no clue to the horrible and disturbing behavior of this. Most people in America don’t know how blessed they are. I truly pray they never have to go through something like this. It’s something nobody should have to go through. Prayers for their Rest In Peace 🙏🏽😞🙏🏽
@@Im_soo_Happy I'd say majority of the people are peace loving.. but it's also true that there are power hungry people/extremists that will make life hell if that happened
Amen... Actually man kind is lower than any animal in the animal kingdom. Animals only hunt and kill to survive, Mankind is the only living organism on planet earth that hunts for the sheer sporting fun of it. Why, Because men get's off on it.
@@Im_soo_Happy actually whenever these things collapse people tend to naturally form themselves into pretty egalitarian communities, as happened for example in the US when the government refused to help people during Hurricane Katrina
I was there today, as disturbing & horrible as this place is , it's important we preserve them & not forget how bad people can be to each other in the hope future generations will learn from it & not let happen again . Difficult to find words to describe this place but I would advise anyone visiting Cambodia to go and see.
... Someone should remind people looking to pull down statues of confederate generals how important it is to preserve history. I believe it's being done not because it triggers them, but they want to erase history.
@@mitchmoe6224 That is not the same. This burial ground is not an agreed upon memorial. As a Black man, I have no words to really hit the heart of your ignorant comment... But I'll try. Had you mentioned leaving bloody ropes on trees Rebel soldier, Union soldier, and slave bones in a plantation courtyard,.. yes. That needs to be memorialized. Statues dedicated to losers... No. They committed a form of treason... And lost. They were criminals. Any statues to Pol Pot, Hitler, and other criminals/tyrants need to be pulled down also. No rewards should you reap from misdeeds and evils (if the good and/or just can help it).
@@eightykakes15... I can agree with much of what you just laid out. However we are a civilized society and shouldn't just be tearing down something that should be put to a vote, then talked about how to preserve or destroy such statues. It isn't up to a mob of people to determine this.
Dear God... As a History teacher.. I am used to teaching stuff like this but it still rips me to shreds. Retelling the stories of victims is gut wrenching but I pray that each student that passes through my hands will hold those lost in the past to atrocities in their minds and hearts. Learning and making sure to not repeat history
rest in peace huh. im sure they died with extreme hate and anger. you watch to many american movies with happy ending. from now on dont say what you havent witness. you dont know how they feel
@@Karen-yr3fb HAHAHAHAAHAH you think thats despicable? you cant even spell and your fking lying to the people and to your family. rest in peace STFU boy. there no such thing as REST IN PEACE. specially people that being torture 24-7 and die from it. how about i torture you 24-7 and you die from that would you still say you rest in peace?. yeah thats what i fking thought
I've been to PP twice. Never been to this site. The tuk tuk drivers can't quite understand that I have no desire to see this. I have however been to Pol Pot's grave. I had it to myself so I pissed on it. Strangely satisfying.
@@naitzab All who kill innocents for any reason will dwell forever in the lake of fire, where there is much wailing, and knashing of teeth. Fear, you evildoers, as your day of judgement is soon at hand! It would better that a man had never been born,than to live, and harm one child. But if he was born, and then did harm the innocent,then take a stone, hang it from his neck, and sink those two things where the ocean is at it’s deepest. That law is for all man, at all times, for all races,creeds, and countries. And it is inescapable.
I visited there 18 years ago along with the S21 camp. What happened there is truly disturbing and upsetting. Cambodia and it's people is an amazing and beautiful country ❤️
Harold Pearson Nope. The US and UK, lead by Reagan and Thatcher, respectively, funded Pol Pot and assisted him in his rise to power. China also aided the Khmer Rouge in the war against Vietnam. Only the Soviets and the Cubans helped Vietnam in their fight against Pol Pot’s totalitarianism.
Harold Pearson Forgive me, Nixon helped Pol Pot rise to power. Reagan and Thatcher funded his efforts to rebuild Democratic Kampuchea through military force while in exile. msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/pol/polpotmontclarion0498.html
The most unique and wonderful thing about the Vietnamese people is despite unbelievable hardships and a painful past is their ability to love and bring happiness to everyone they meet! Many Asian people are stand offfish with Westerners but not the Vietnamese-a proud and respected people! ✨💚✨
Cảm ơn bạn “tôi là người Việt Nam! “ tôi tự hào về cha ông tôi đã hi sinh và có rất nhiều người khomer đỏ đầu hàng và chúng sống và hiện tại đang thù Việt Nam! Chúng tôi và nói láo với người dân Campuchia là Việt Nam! Xâm lược thật buồn là người dân Campuchia tin và ghét chúng tôi
.... As a khmer person myself, this was not the work of the gorvernment. The government was also killed during this time, if you had done your research or listened to the video it was done during the civil war and was lead by and a fucking communist
I travelled to this site when I visited with my friend from Vietnam. She did not have the stomach to see this. I have been to Dachau and Auschwitz previously and it shows that history repeats itself. Reading about history in a book or a video will not replace being there. It was an experience that I will never forget.
My wife is from Cambodia. We were married at her father's home in Battambang in 2004. I have visited both Choeung Ek and Tuol Sleng (S21) with my Cambodian family. Both sites are forever hallowed ground now, sanctified by the blood of the innocents spilled there.
Saddened at the loss of so many innocent people and ashamed at the West doing nothing to stop the Khmer rouge. Peace and love to the people of Cambodia from the uk.
Chúng tôi giúp Campuchia và nhận lại Liên Hợp Quốc cấm vận chúng tôi người tiếp tay là”Mĩ , Trung Quốc..vv “ thế giới không có 1 từ công bằng chỉ có tiền và lợi ích
Nữ thủ tướng của anh thời kỳ này đã từng hậu thuẫn cho Khmer đỏ khi tàn quân của Khmer đỏ đang ở biên giới Thái Lan. Chính bà ta cũng góp phần không nhỏ cho những cuộc tàn sát sau này của Khmer đỏ vào nhân dân Cambodia
Does your beloved father have all his fingers? I read a book where it described men's fingers were amputated joint by joint, and the few surviving Cambodian men of this era are indeed missing a pinkie or even more fingers.
Things like this proves to me that monsters really exist, they smashed the brains out of the baby’s on trees, they the monsters will burn forever ♾ some of the monsters are still in government.
I visiited Choeung Ek (Killing fields) in Sept 2019 and have to say what an emotional and heart wrenching experiance it was. The terrible suffering inflicted on innocent human beings is a haunting reminder of how fragile life is. Never again can this happen and just like history tells us that we bear witness and carry testament forward for the rest of our lives... of how one human being can affect the lives of so many.
Pol pot must be a psycho to psyche millions of illiterates to murder theiir own countrymen. I think the Cambodians are nice people again. Thank God. So sad to lose many good friends. Numbet 10 ten times. Okun!
I remember in grade school in 1983, I had a friend I'll call Claudia who escaped Cambodia first time hearing of the place we're 5thgraders the stories she told I thought were lies until I seen those unforgotten tears in her eyes.
A very dark period in the history of Cambodia. I hope that finally the Cambodian people are able to enjoy a long period of peace and prosperity - without outside influences.
It was very, very sad Khmer history I cried when I saw this video. Consider how lucky I was and I wish everyone in the world would stop killing each other.
Thank you for having made this video. Your narration was thorough, effective and respectful, and while I understand that the subject matter is difficult, it is important that the world remembers these atrocities...
My father is a concentration/Extermination camp survivor. Our entire family was murdered by the Nazis. My father & his brother managed to escape from the camp & hide in the forests. I feel the victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide. I remember when it happened.
I did not do much research about Cambodia when i visited it around 10 years ago. Just wanted to see Angkor Wat. As impressive as that was, this place, Tuol Sleng, and finding out about Pol Pot left a bigger impression. I remember going all quiet at this place, feeling very small, not being able to wrap my mind around the insanity of it.
There’s an amazing documentary called Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten about the rock and roll culture that thrived in Cambodia before Pol Pot. It’s mind blowing...
'To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss. ' Cambodia is a country very dear to my heart. It is heartbreaking to think that such atrocities took place.
@jonathan kayina and this is their valuable lesson they'll never forget too, that their allies whom shares the same path will eventually turned against them
@@kundetjenesten Vietnam didn't want to be Communist, but had no choice and turned to them for help when the US didn't recognize their freedom from France and well, Vietnam War happened.
@@khalee95 I know. They didn't really want to go into Cambodia either but had no choice on that matter as well. Basically alot of things regarding Vietnam has been out of necessity rather than desire. Still don't change the fact that they were communists taking out another communist regime though. 😉
@@hannahbrown6443 the music is played in many chinese restaurants though, how is this a joke, knowing the distorted music is the last thing people heard is torture. I dont see how you think this is a joke
Historically the 'good ' guys have done a VERY poor job of protecting the innocent. It's shameful. Even today the entire world is run by the worst of hunanity (the same kind of people who ran the killing fields) dressed up in honor and privilege easily escaping justice.
My grandma and dad and his other two sisters survived due to the delay. One time their time was up and two Khmer Rouge soldiers to come with them and my grandma knew that they’re going to get executed but lucky for them the two Khmer Rouge soldiers were called in on duty and this happens two times, which is why my dad, grandma and my other two auntie were lucky that day. After that my family came to the United States as refugees in the American military plane to Long Beach Cali and things didn’t ended as a good way because other gangs were picking on them and other Khmer people as well. A couple years later my dad joined a gang and things just gotten worst during the 90’s because that was during his teenage years and he had to do lots of bad activities with his boys. He then met my mom who is also one of the killing fields survivor, they had me and my brother in 2003 and now my pops is in prison. I followed his footsteps and I ended up in juvenile prison 2 times which was in the 2 grade and 6th grade, I spent 2.5 years in Juvenile prison during the time when I was in 6th grade cuz I illegally shot someone who tried to shoot me first. I’m tryna change my way around right now and make better choices, I now lived in Lowell Massachusetts because me living in east side Long Beach would just get me into trouble none stop 🤦♂️
Nobody gives a shit about you being born and raised in a country full prejudices! USA may be developed country but it still doesn't change the fact that it's a messed up shitty country with majority of people with 0 manners. I'd rather live in a undeveloped country with good manners rather than living in a developed country full of prejudices like the USA.
@@rollercoaster9290 damn read the room dude, man was just talking about how he believes to be extraordinary lucky to live in a place where this has yet to occur in such a scale
@@rollercoaster9290 no one said America is a wonderful, perfect place. Most people living in America know there are many things that need improvment, but that doesn't mean we don't have many privileges, including not living in fear of a genocide caused by a tyrant. Calm down, it's not that deep. OP is just grateful for their safety
Khmer Rough regime (1975-1979) was the obvious hell on earth. 😭😭😭 Three millions people were killed and the survivors become having mental trauma, PTSD, depression, mental retardation etc. Cambodian genocidal regime was led by Cambodian Communist Party, directed by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, Ta Mok, Khieu Samphan, Vorn Vet, Ieng Thyrith , Koy Thuon, Toch Phoeun , etc. This regime has no freedom, no human rights, no mercy upon human life , no justice , no healthcare , no foods , no families living , no personal properties, no free opinions , no schools , no universities , no religions , no hospitals , no cash , no markets , no cities livings , no arts , no entertainments , no holidays , no family meeting , no free uniform , no complaints , no free own name , no free trips , no courts , no elections , no news , etc.
We helped the Cambodian Refugees as they came to California in 1979 and 80. To thank me they held a feast and had the children do a traditional dance for me. So many moved to San Francisco and started their own businesses and really made a life here. It breaks my heart that people dont realize how America is the last and only hope. Now they are tearing our country down.
This happened within my lifetime. Children were indoctrinated into the killing. Not their fault initially, but they committed some terrible atrocities. Some of these children are still among us. I hope they have forgiven themselves.
Reminds us why we should NEVER give up our right to own whatever tools we deem appropriate to defend our lives, liberty, and property. Else, we are subject to the whims of the most cruelest and vilest people.
Thank you for this documentary! We do not talk about this enough. We need to remember the evil that has been allowed to happen in this world. Otherwise evil will repeat the same actions. Evil does not die with the person! It continues on to the next generation or place. I pray for the survivors that they are able to live blessed and happy lives despite the horrible memories they have to carry.
Exactly. Evil does not die with the person. It uses the body as an avatar and manifests its next host in another time, another place. Evil can be fought. For good and light always prevail in the end as evil cannot exist solely on its own.
Whether we like it or not, geography, destiny, .... have made the fate of people in Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam into 1; that is, if any of those 3 countries is troubled, unstable, war-ravaged, ...., then the rest would go the same way: troubled, unstable, war-ravaged. # It's ONLY WHEN ALL THREE COUNTRIES are stable, peaceful, prosperous, then the people in those 3 countries could enjoy peace, stability and prosperity. # Thus, the people in those 3 countries must safeguard their peace, stable environment, prosperity TOGETHER, UNITED.
My dad’s best friend is married to a lovely woman from Cambodia. She, her mother, and her two sisters managed to escape Pot’s wrath and make it here to america. Her father was not so lucky….
A revealing question .... Who supported Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge to the bitter end ? # First, it's China - Directing, encouraging and supporting them to wipe Cambodia clean of Cambodians, making it ready for Chinese advisors, soldiers, workers, and settlers to flood in and turn it into another XinJiang (a China's conquered province) # Next, USA - Supporting and using Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge (plus prodding Deng XiaoPing's China) to exact revenge on the Vietnamese who had dared to shoot down their B52s and kick the American new colonialists who were taking on the mantle of the French old colonialists, out of their country Vietnam # Then, Thailand, Singapore, .... - Lackeys following orders from the USA (and from China's in the case of Singapore) # Lastly, UK, Australia, .... - USA's vassals.
I always remember a CD i listened to but it welled up so much emotion that I found & watched The Killing Fields.A heartbreaking film that I never knew existed.That was nearly 20 years ago.The suffering of so many people yet again,most people have heard about the Holocaust but the other tradgedies in other countries often dont get heard.The world is full of killing & suffering but we never learn.Greed,money,and obscenities scour the earth each and every day.I dont believe in god but i send my love and respect to those who have passed on in such awful ways
This begs a very glaring question . Why didn’t our news media talk about this hideous nightmare everyday back in the seventies. Why wasn’t politicians howling in anger as this horror was taking place? We have to ask ourselves as a society is this the same reason nothing was said as China carried out the most massive genocide in world history in the 1960’s? Perhaps a hindered million people murdered by Mao . And what of Walter Winchel . and the other media titans under the thumb of FDR in the 1930’s during the Stalinist /communists purges in which 30 million Russians, Kulaks and Ukranians where starved and butchered . Why has our , radios, televisions, newspapers etc always been silent as these communist regimes murder countless millions of innocent people. Even today as Christians are murdered in Africa nothing but silence. Everyday in the media we hear about the wicked racesist America, countless movies , articles speeches on and on. 750,000 white men died in the civil war to free the slaves and to rid the US of this vile system. This was over 150 years ago and it’s as if it’s still going on. Meanwhile up teen wars latter slavery and untold butchery have taken place under our noses in our neighboring countries and nary a word. It reeks of a globalist/communist agenda that actually supports these regimes ( FDR sent a General Stillwell to China during the Second World War to halt Chang Kai Shek from destroying Mao and his reds. This allowed both Russia and the US to build up and support Mao who would go on to murder untold millions of his own people) and desires to cause division among Americans by continually playing up, racial , economic and gender grievances . The horrible things that these poor innocent people had to endure is incomprehensible and to think those monsters even drowned out their pitiful screams. We better look alive powerful politicians in the US and Europe still hold to these same exact NWO tenants. And you can count on them using these same brutal tactics on anyone as they implement their agenda.
My mother and her family survived the regime for 4 years. My father's first wife and 3 children were murdered during the regime. Now as a parent myself I cannot begin to understand the pain. Time heals - but I don't know how it can apply to this.
It's really depressing to think there isn't a heinous act that HASN'T been carried out by humans somehow somewhere. We have so much potential yet there are still those that spring up to hold us back for their own selfish and disgusting motives.
I came to this exact site in 2007 as a 12/13 year old kid living in the UK, the things i saw there and S-21 i willl never be able to forget. It gave me a whole new perspective on life. almost 15/16 years later and the memories of these places will forever haunt me, I could not imagine what it must have been like to be there at the time, only what i have seen from the killing fields film. The most somber places i have ever visited.
@@davidgiles5030 Communism: a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
I am an Australian veteran . I spent one year in Cambodia in 92/93. There were opportunities to get Pol pot. We were not allowed to do what the world and more importantly the people of Cambodia wanted. He was never bought to trial and allowed to die peacefully. What pisses me off now is the tourists in Cambodia. Going there to fuck children use drugs etc. Pedophiles beware. I am around. I have many friends in government and the police. You will never be seen again. The Mekong is very unforgiving
@@jeg5438 the hun sen government of Cambodia. And our Australian commanders. In the 12 months I was there I spent more than 9 in the jungle. That bastard lived in nth west Cambodia. Small village near the Thai border. He had his bodyguards but for professional Australian soldiers they would have not been much chop. But you can basically put it down to another failure by the United nations. Look how they stood by in Rwanda. Some of my mates witnessed the massacre in the stadium. They were immediately fucked for life. It all comes down to in both missions our orders for opening fire. We can only engage if being engaged. Where in traditional warfare we seek out and destroy. Peacekeeping mission run by the United nations have a history of failure. Hope this helped. Let me know if you need info on other stuff
It just makes me wonder. If one person took it upon themselves to kill the beast it would make a difference. Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot. But God dosen't want that it seems. We're just suppose to live life without hurting anyone but if someone wants to kill us, well turn the other cheek. I don't understand. All the beasts could have been killed before they did so much damage.
I have been around there on 3 different occasions. The last two was when I was with other friends that wanted to go. It was so difficult to go back the second time but the third, I really didn’t want to do it. If you walk around here and it doesn’t break you, then I fear that you have no heart.
I am so sorry ..... I'm here in the US ... I was too young to know or understand when this was going on ...... At that time the US didn't exactly let us know what was happening over there .....May God bless you all ......
Knowing the fact that they used music to drown out the screams of people while that music is play in the video is hauntingly disturbing. I cannot imagine nor believe the horrors of someone who was going to die.
I can't imagine that there were cold blood creatures which can be patient to use the bamboo sticks or farming tools to beat hundreds of victims till death in a day.
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My mom is a killing field survivor she lived & worked in the camp for 5 years under the Khmer Rouge regime. She survived when viet con enter Cambodia and she escaped thru the jungle into Thailand. She suffered from ptsd. I would do anything to take the pain away she endures.
What she suffers is a lot more than PTSD only my friends. Regards and respect for her.
Wow, thanks for sharing. Sorry she and so many others endured this hell
Is it ok to bring new life in this hell
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My Step Mom also experienced that, and has PTSD. she shared only a little bit with me.
💔 I can’t even imagine
Pol pot live up to 79 years old while some of his victims never reached 2.
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Devil protects his own. Pretty messed up. Also reminds me of the stories about Nazi leaders that escaped persecution to live out their lives in obscurity.
I always like to think that evil people who live long don't get to live happy life. Demons will always be behind them and with age comes death. The closer it comes the more they worry about what the other side holds. Perfect mental torture. Im glad he got to live that long.
@@bradwindhorst7010 lol no he don't that's the best part about satan is at least he is so selfish he destroys all the scum he creates by his genus plan to overthrow a infinite being who can't lose lol *facepalm* they will all be destroyed in hellfire no worrys but are you safe and under the blood of the lamb ? Or are you going down with satan
This is the big slap and a big dot on civilized world that this butcher- rascal was able to live up to so many years !!!
I have been to this site. The tree shown at the beginning is not the tree that withstood the most horror. Farther on, as you walk along the raised plank walkways around what is actually a rather small place, you come to a tree, massive, hundreds of yrs old, a tree upon which 1000's of skulls were crushed as their bodies were slung thru the air, especially kids, a tree around which people's arms were stretched and tied so their ribcages could be smashed with clubs, a tree from whom people were suspended, their arms behind their backs and who died screaming as their arms were ripped from their sockets and their lungs collapsed. At the base of this gigantic tree further inside the killing field, people were sledged with shovels and their blood and brains fell onto the ground. Around this tree, and in so many other places in this genocide park, poking out from the ground, you can see as yet uncollected evidence of the horrors: teeth, bits of cloth from shirts, kids' shoes, bits of smashed bone from broken bodies. Here stands this tree. In my experience, trees are harbingers of life. If a tree has any conscience, this tree weeps for the death its life has been forced to bear. I think this, of all trees, yearns for birds in its branches and laughing children scrambling from a tire swing. This tree knows enough misery. When I was there, I saw the bits of bone and shoe and shirt poking out from the earth. And when I came to the killing tree at the back, there was a young man sitting on the walkway. I don't know who he was or where he was from, but he was just sitting on the walkway collecting the grief of human horror into himself and weeping inconsolably. I dont think he even felt my hand on his shoulder for that brief moment; he was feeling all the heartbreak. And the tree, I felt, in its massiveness, did what trees always do. It shaded us from the sun and seemed sad and resigned to witness our lament at our idiot human folly.
Well put Dave. Thank you
This is the emotional passage I've ever read on RUclips. Thank you for writing, please excuse my tears.
This was beautiful to read. Thank you.
Well written. Sad and haunting.
DaveT 383 😢🙏❤️
My cousins aunt died bc of this and I’m really happy that ppl are showing support for Cambodia and making documentaries about it! I am from Cambodia btw
jaemjam my great grandparents got killed😭 my grandma is very sad that her parents got tortured to death🥺
I never even Heard of this till today wow that is crazy murdering all those people the cleanse his country wow it’s like Hitler
My grandparents are still alive but either way still experienced the Khmer Rouge
Sorry to hire god bless you
I have been to the beautiful country of Cambodia several times and have visited Choeung Ek where thousands of men, women and children were murdered and "S21 Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocide" where the most indescribable atrocities were carried out. It leaves one feeling numb and confused as to how anyone in their right mind could prosecute such terrible crimes predominately because of the irrational paranoia of Pol Pots regime. Whilst visiting S21 I met and spoke to a survivor Bou Meng, he was one of only a few who escaped death by having a skill, drawing which the Khmer Rouge made use of. His drawings of Pol Pot were so good, most people think they are photos, in fact the most famous pictures of Pot are not photos, they are drawings by Bou Meng. All of Bou Mengs family, wife and children were murdered by the Khmer Rouge.
my dad survived this, and told me about how he would see many children being killed by banging their heads against the trees :(
How awful.
@@Honorablebenaiaha what? Tf
@@Honorablebenaiaha to do what exactly?
@@dy8576 I think he meant it was the best way to die cuz it was quick
@@derp-7274 i don't think it would be quick tbh bc it will take at least 30 sec for them to go unconscious and a couple more min to die
Pol Pot was cast in the same mould as Hitler, Stalin and Mae Zedong. They had crazy narcissistic ideals of creating a super race with their own people in their own country. Their twisted ideals were radically out of touch with the rest of mankind. They murdered countless millions of their own people in the quest for the impossible dream. They were total psychopaths of the worst kind.
I wonder if they were puppets controlled to carried out by something else that we can not comprehend.
But what were pol pots motives. He Just killed babies for no reason
Fact: Polpot was supported by Mao Zedong
@@attilamert6973 Speculating on motives is a tough business. But I will posit this. We tend to describe the outcome of what is simple contempt, envy, and jealously as heinous, grotesque atrocities because we don't fully accept the inherent evil in such sins. For example, the difference between the jealousy of a lover and the kind which drove Pol(itical) Pot(ential) to employ genocide is the same. The difference in outcome is a difference in degree only. It is only a difference in the degree to which it is indulged, funded, and carried out to scale. The nature or substance of the evil is of the same kind.
The danger is to allow the horror of what happened in Cambodia in particular to be described in anomalous terms. Men like Hitler or Pot weren't just crazy. Before anything else they were contemptuous, jealous, envious and ambitious in a pedestrian sense. Cain killed Abel for the same reason.
James 14but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Thus is progressivism.
Same goes with Idi Amin too, they were the greatest mfers that walked the planet ..
We shit on their open mouth ..
Many of the people that ended up in the killing fields had come from Toul Sleng, a school in Phnom Penh that was used for torturing people.
Pol Pot was an individual who was unable to control his own people. Some areas were worse than others. I lived and worked in Cambodia from 1996 to 2017. I married a Cambodian lady who had been through Pol Pot, forced to marry and left with 2 children. I was able to help raise her son and daughter who are now lovely adults with their own kids.
@Google User There is no such thing as "pure communism" because humans are involved. Thousands were murdered in Cambodia for no other reason than wearing spectacles or having false teeth. Towards the end the snake was eating its own tail. Its interesting that following any successful revolution the pioneers, usually students and intellectuals were the first against the wall. Be careful what you wish for.
@Google User But it didnt achieve anything good, was you there, no was you in Ethiopia during the red terror no, well I was so just shut up.
Google User ya sure classless, except for those running the show. Well go to China and if you’re already there.....stay there
@Google UserI hope this is bait... If not, well... Easy for you talk like this from the comforts of your home when you're not actually there is it?
GOD BLESS YOU !!!!
Real men would rather be killed for trying to save children than following orders to kill them.
They weren't men
They were boys aged 15 or so
They will kill your entire generation in front of you for trying that. It was bad.
Greggles no some are kids forced to be soldiers, if they don’t follow orders their family and them gets killed
Cambodia was a very highly educated country in the 70's, but you can't fight tyranny (from 12 year olds) when they strip you of guns. And the km was brainwashed
Hmm... very stupid idea once trying to be a hero not only your own life but your family and relatives life is on stake
I tried not to watch as I have most family members died under Khmer Rouge regime... so afraid I may see my father, uncles, cousins.... so sad even decades passed, memories are still vivid and wish could reverse time to start all over again... it’s been a long journey for me.... perhaps too slow from pains.... wish everyone peace...
Sorry you had to go thru that no one deserved any of the things that men do in harm to others . May you live a peaceful life and blessings to you and your family loves you .
God remembers pain, your family is going to be back in a future.
Is it ok to bring new life in this hell
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So Soory bro. God is with you
Let's not forget : Evil does exist. The biggest trick the devil played was to make many believe he does not exist. Ironically , this tragedy happened to the most peaceful and humble people on earth.
Every system has huge flaws
@daniel letterman And this is YOUR opinion... not fact.
Utter nonsense. There's no devil, just people.
The Devil does not exist. Us Humans just want to blame something for making us evil instead of admitting how barbaric we really are.
the devil doesnt exist dumbass! neither does god! ITS ALL PEOPLE
Thank you for the video! I was lucky to escape Cambodia 1 week before Pol Pot gained full power. I was found in a bombed jungle as one of 2 survivors from a Village. I was supposed to be on Operation BabyLift and last min. we went with a Canadian air force plane instead.
You got lucky. America is a mess now
Wow. You don't know how LUCKY YOU ARE TO BE ALIVE. . And made it out
Hope all is well with you.
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God bless you please tell your children what you witnessed and keep these stories alive we love you god bless
Talk about dodging a few million bullets.
Callin bullshit on you "Canadian girl in the Dominican" ahha wtfff. Fukkk u
You can find monsters everywhere.. they usually like to hide in plain sight
It wasn't exactly the torturer's fault they were forced to do it if not then they would be killed
Totalitarianism first and foremost harbors and brings it out of people.
In plain sight and up front usually a leader or someone with power.
They hide in groups like ANTIFA, BLM and the democrat party. This is not a joke.
@@derp-7274 That's the same excuse the Nazis used.
Visited this place some time back..heavy air penetrated even from where i stepped in from the entrance..the place is segmented by check points, explaining the events took place respectively. The killing tree was really massive. And there was a lake behind the killing tree. It was really really sad. I swear i just walked out straight back to a shed near the entrance, just standing there crying. It was really difficult being there..cant imagine what those victims went thru. My prayers to the fallen
I am privileged to have a survivor of this horrid tragedy in my home daily to help me with my disabled son. He survived the walk to be free. He was saved by missionaries . He has shared much of his story with me. I knew of this but he has shared things you can only hear from someone who has been through such a thing.
Is this man named Chin Lee? I met a then younger man in 1989 purely by chance because we both attended Ultimo TAFE college. His humility and kindness I'll always remember... He too retold his experience and he was rescued by missionaries who brought him to Australia.
I live in the United States California. At the time of their horrible deaths I was living a life that had no clue to the horrible and disturbing behavior of this. Most people in America don’t know how blessed they are. I truly pray they never have to go through something like this. It’s something nobody should have to go through. Prayers for their Rest In Peace 🙏🏽😞🙏🏽
America is a very dangerous place too.
Sorry ro break it to you know one should feel blessed to live in america
Had the same thought. I was playing Little League baseball in California, completely oblivious.
@@eradicator187 No, Russia is very dangerous, more dangerous than the US.
@@eradicator187 the danger in the US is nothing compared to this.
"We may be humans; but we're still animals."
- Steve Vai
We're not animals, we're humans. Animals don't act like humans.
@@Im_soo_Happy I'd say majority of the people are peace loving.. but it's also true that there are power hungry people/extremists that will make life hell if that happened
Not the first time a burnt out old guitarist says weird shit.
Amen... Actually man kind is lower than any animal in the animal kingdom. Animals only hunt and kill to survive, Mankind is the only living organism on planet earth that hunts for the sheer sporting fun of it. Why, Because men get's off on it.
@@Im_soo_Happy actually whenever these things collapse people tend to naturally form themselves into pretty egalitarian communities, as happened for example in the US when the government refused to help people during Hurricane Katrina
I was there today, as disturbing & horrible as this place is , it's important we preserve them & not forget how bad people can be to each other in the hope future generations will learn from it & not let happen again . Difficult to find words to describe this place but I would advise anyone visiting Cambodia to go and see.
I don't think I would be comfortable visiting a place of such mass murder and extinction.
Late but agree 100٪. History repeats once you forget.
... Someone should remind people looking to pull down statues of confederate generals how important it is to preserve history. I believe it's being done not because it triggers them, but they want to erase history.
@@mitchmoe6224 That is not the same. This burial ground is not an agreed upon memorial. As a Black man, I have no words to really hit the heart of your ignorant comment... But I'll try. Had you mentioned leaving bloody ropes on trees Rebel soldier, Union soldier, and slave bones in a plantation courtyard,.. yes. That needs to be memorialized. Statues dedicated to losers... No. They committed a form of treason... And lost. They were criminals. Any statues to Pol Pot, Hitler, and other criminals/tyrants need to be pulled down also. No rewards should you reap from misdeeds and evils (if the good and/or just can help it).
@@eightykakes15... I can agree with much of what you just laid out. However we are a civilized society and shouldn't just be tearing down something that should be put to a vote, then talked about how to preserve or destroy such statues. It isn't up to a mob of people to determine this.
Dear God... As a History teacher.. I am used to teaching stuff like this but it still rips me to shreds. Retelling the stories of victims is gut wrenching but I pray that each student that passes through my hands will hold those lost in the past to atrocities in their minds and hearts. Learning and making sure to not repeat history
Thank you for you teaching this. I was just saying why aren’t children being told about this in history so that the next generations don’t repeat it.
Hard to believe that there are young people in the US calling for communism in this country.
Because they know nothing about it.
Theres a more immediate threat from the rise of fascism in the U.S now.
Camp168, you can see the silly rationalizations from the reply’s to this video. What happened to the education system?
@cm. CG I agree. But I said rise in fascism, not racism. The U.S has always been high level racist.
@PanzerLehr You really are stupid aren’t you !! It’s the democrats that are Communist.Stop watching the communist news network.
My mother’s father and two sisters died in the killing fields during Khmer Rouge. May They Rest In Peace.
rest in peace huh. im sure they died with extreme hate and anger. you watch to many american movies with happy ending. from now on dont say what you havent witness. you dont know how they feel
@@IoI-d2d only hard work people care about grammar.
@@purpleshy1502 i have no idea what you're saying but you seem nihilistic
@@purpleshy1502 What a dispicable thing to say.
@@Karen-yr3fb HAHAHAHAAHAH you think thats despicable? you cant even spell and your fking lying to the people and to your family. rest in peace STFU boy. there no such thing as REST IN PEACE. specially people that being torture 24-7 and die from it. how about i torture you 24-7 and you die from that would you still say you rest in peace?. yeah thats what i fking thought
Pol Pot was a monster, not a man.
He was a communist
The word monster is to nice of a word. There need to be a new word created for the likes of him
Ryan Farndale a devil reincarnation
Sounds like he was another Hitler.
a demon spawn of hell and may his reincarnations may never have a peaceful life
I've been to PP twice. Never been to this site. The tuk tuk drivers can't quite understand that I have no desire to see this. I have however been to Pol Pot's grave. I had it to myself so I pissed on it. Strangely satisfying.
Lucky you weren’t caught cos that death penalty
@Gary Vallone deserves it 100%
You sir are awesome👍
@@naitzab All who kill innocents for any reason will dwell forever in the lake of fire, where there is much wailing, and knashing of teeth. Fear, you evildoers, as your day of judgement is soon at hand!
It would better that a man had never been born,than to live, and harm one child.
But if he was born, and then did harm the innocent,then take a stone, hang it from his neck, and sink those two things where the ocean is at it’s deepest.
That law is for all man, at all times, for all races,creeds, and countries.
And it is inescapable.
Now you know.
I visited there 18 years ago along with the S21 camp. What happened there is truly disturbing and upsetting. Cambodia and it's people is an amazing and beautiful country ❤️
This is so very sad, I am a pilot in Phnom Penh, such a beautiful country and people..breaks my heart what this country went through...
America will turn communist just like Red China.
Good thing Vietnam stopped Pol Pot from doing any more evil deeds.
yep! 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳 long live the Socialist Republic of Vietnam!
And the world stood by and watched?
Harold Pearson Nope. The US and UK, lead by Reagan and Thatcher, respectively, funded Pol Pot and assisted him in his rise to power. China also aided the Khmer Rouge in the war against Vietnam. Only the Soviets and the Cubans helped Vietnam in their fight against Pol Pot’s totalitarianism.
@@spikeopine Thatcher and Reagen were not in power when Pol Pot was on the rise.
Harold Pearson Forgive me, Nixon helped Pol Pot rise to power. Reagan and Thatcher funded his efforts to rebuild Democratic Kampuchea through military force while in exile.
msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/pol/polpotmontclarion0498.html
The most unique and wonderful thing about the Vietnamese people is despite unbelievable hardships and a painful past is their ability to love and bring happiness to everyone they meet! Many Asian people are stand offfish with Westerners but not the Vietnamese-a proud and respected people! ✨💚✨
Cảm ơn bạn “tôi là người Việt Nam! “ tôi tự hào về cha ông tôi đã hi sinh và có rất nhiều người khomer đỏ đầu hàng và chúng sống và hiện tại đang thù Việt Nam! Chúng tôi và nói láo với người dân Campuchia là Việt Nam! Xâm lược thật buồn là người dân Campuchia tin và ghét chúng tôi
Thank you! I'm from VN
This is why citizenry MUST BE ARMED AT ALL TIMES. Government genocide is the #1 killer of humanity in the 20th century. Gun rights are human rights.
That’s correct. Death by government.
ohh please.
....
As a khmer person myself, this was not the work of the gorvernment. The government was also killed during this time, if you had done your research or listened to the video it was done during the civil war and was lead by and a fucking communist
I fucking hate technocrat communism...
@NJ Explorer Your right. Trump 2020
I travelled to this site when I visited with my friend from Vietnam. She did not have the stomach to see this. I have been to Dachau and Auschwitz previously and it shows that history repeats itself. Reading about history in a book or a video will not replace being there. It was an experience that I will never forget.
History tend to repeat itself, different times, different place.
My wife is from Cambodia. We were married at her father's home in Battambang in 2004. I have visited both Choeung Ek and Tuol Sleng (S21) with my Cambodian family. Both sites are forever hallowed ground now, sanctified by the blood of the innocents spilled there.
First Vietnam then Cambodia. One would say, southeast Asia was like hell in the 1960s - 1970s
And the cause is outside force.
It was hell in all of Asia since the 40's, since WW2
and now Myanmar (Burma)
@@cryenomina4773Especially USA
In the 2000s is now the middle east and guess who responsible for them all
Saddened at the loss of so many innocent people and ashamed at the West doing nothing to stop the Khmer rouge. Peace and love to the people of Cambodia from the uk.
Chúng tôi giúp Campuchia và nhận lại Liên Hợp Quốc cấm vận chúng tôi người tiếp tay là”Mĩ , Trung Quốc..vv “ thế giới không có 1 từ công bằng chỉ có tiền và lợi ích
Nữ thủ tướng của anh thời kỳ này đã từng hậu thuẫn cho Khmer đỏ khi tàn quân của Khmer đỏ đang ở biên giới Thái Lan. Chính bà ta cũng góp phần không nhỏ cho những cuộc tàn sát sau này của Khmer đỏ vào nhân dân Cambodia
My mom’s born in 1980 so she didn’t experience this😊 but my dad did and my dad’s dad got killed by the pol pot luckily my dad didn’t! He’s amazing💕
Ratanak Pisey luckily? You wouldnt be here if it werent for his survival
I'm very sorry for your loss. May God Bless You.
klo schuessel then what do u want me to say?
Does your beloved father have all his fingers? I read a book where it described men's fingers were amputated joint by joint, and the few surviving Cambodian men of this era are indeed missing a pinkie or even more fingers.
Gosh 😵
Things like this proves to me that monsters really exist, they smashed the brains out of the baby’s on trees, they the monsters will burn forever ♾ some of the monsters are still in government.
Yes your 100% correct, karma will prevail and they shall burn for this atrocity. 🙏
Homeland Security UK 🙏
@Nayer Yayer Spot the edgy teenager lmao
I visiited Choeung Ek (Killing fields) in Sept 2019 and have to say what an emotional and heart wrenching experiance it was. The terrible suffering inflicted on innocent human beings is a haunting reminder of how fragile life is. Never again can this happen and just like history tells us that we bear witness and carry testament forward for the rest of our lives... of how one human being can affect the lives of so many.
It will happen again.
Pol pot must be a psycho to psyche millions of illiterates to murder theiir own countrymen. I think the Cambodians are nice people again. Thank God. So sad to lose many good friends. Numbet 10 ten times. Okun!
The US and UK continued arming and funding that regime till the early 90’s
This needs more attention
The US funded non-communist rebel groups fyi
I remember in grade school in 1983, I had a friend I'll call Claudia who escaped Cambodia first time hearing of the place we're 5thgraders the stories she told I thought were lies until I seen those unforgotten tears in her eyes.
A very dark period in the history of Cambodia.
I hope that finally the Cambodian people are able to enjoy a long period of peace and prosperity - without outside influences.
It was very, very sad Khmer history I cried when I saw this video. Consider how lucky I was and I wish everyone in the world would stop killing each other.
lol, you're are such a pussy and even worst you're a male!
@@paula3582He's a man and you're a child. And I'm sure life won't let you by without you weeping at some point or another.
Paul M how is he a pussy, and why is it worse because he’s a man?
@@paula3582 your a tuff be guy hiding behind your screen. Worm ! Troll !
I agree! We are more similar than different. Humankind needs to support and care for one another.
Thank you for having made this video. Your narration was thorough, effective and respectful, and while I understand that the subject matter is difficult, it is important that the world remembers these atrocities...
He will rot in hell for eternity
My father is a concentration/Extermination camp survivor. Our entire family was murdered by the Nazis. My father & his brother managed to escape from the camp & hide in the forests.
I feel the victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide.
I remember when it happened.
No they weren't.
@@alwaysbanned4812 Then by who then??
I did not do much research about Cambodia when i visited it around 10 years ago. Just wanted to see Angkor Wat. As impressive as that was, this place, Tuol Sleng, and finding out about Pol Pot left a bigger impression. I remember going all quiet at this place, feeling very small, not being able to wrap my mind around the insanity of it.
Humans are so evil. (It), saddens me!
Not all humans
Look at the people get killed by pol pot
To many are.
There’s an amazing documentary called Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten about the rock and roll culture that thrived in Cambodia before Pol Pot. It’s mind blowing...
'To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss. ' Cambodia is a country very dear to my heart. It is heartbreaking to think that such atrocities took place.
Communism is a cancer to humanity..it never worked and will never work. Goes against the basic tenets of human nature
@jonathan kayina and this is their valuable lesson they'll never forget too, that their allies whom shares the same path will eventually turned against them
Well, the khmer rouge regime got ended largely by communist Vietnam though...
@@kundetjenesten Vietnam didn't want to be Communist, but had no choice and turned to them for help when the US didn't recognize their freedom from France and well, Vietnam War happened.
@@khalee95 I know. They didn't really want to go into Cambodia either but had no choice on that matter as well. Basically alot of things regarding Vietnam has been out of necessity rather than desire. Still don't change the fact that they were communists taking out another communist regime though. 😉
Ok ancap.
That distorted music plays in the background at a lot of Chinese restaurants that I have been to. That music alone is torture.
Wtf is wrong with you people were actually tortured to death and you make jokes what the hell
@@hannahbrown6443 the music is played in many chinese restaurants though, how is this a joke, knowing the distorted music is the last thing people heard is torture. I dont see how you think this is a joke
@@clivegraham3088 he meant it as a joke you dumb fuck all you people are is bigoted racist fucks
@@clivegraham3088 your just as fucked as he is human rights isn't a joke people suffering isn't a joke
Hannah Brown how was he racist?
Its hard to imagine how they
destroyed the God's beautiful creation.
It's hard to imagine god created this
Bad high rank people during this massive killing are still being part of leading group. No justice for those who suffered.
This is heart breaking, may nothing like this ever happen again.
my mother was enslaved for 2 years she was 11. cannot imagine what she been through, grateful that im here.
I cant believe my grandparents made it out alive. My grandmother was pregnant with my mom and my auntie was still very young.
luckily....
@@REmcoo36 very lucky
Historically the 'good ' guys have done a VERY poor job of protecting the innocent. It's shameful.
Even today the entire world is run by the worst of hunanity (the same kind of people who ran the killing fields) dressed up in honor and privilege easily escaping justice.
US Democrats? Sounds like Bill & Killary and their Mate Epstein - A Jew who thought nothing of killing non jews
We know how bad china is with human rights yet both our government and businesses rush to be bestfriends with them
My grandma and dad and his other two sisters survived due to the delay. One time their time was up and two Khmer Rouge soldiers to come with them and my grandma knew that they’re going to get executed but lucky for them the two Khmer Rouge soldiers were called in on duty and this happens two times, which is why my dad, grandma and my other two auntie were lucky that day. After that my family came to the United States as refugees in the American military plane to Long Beach Cali and things didn’t ended as a good way because other gangs were picking on them and other Khmer people as well. A couple years later my dad joined a gang and things just gotten worst during the 90’s because that was during his teenage years and he had to do lots of bad activities with his boys. He then met my mom who is also one of the killing fields survivor, they had me and my brother in 2003 and now my pops is in prison. I followed his footsteps and I ended up in juvenile prison 2 times which was in the 2 grade and 6th grade, I spent 2.5 years in Juvenile prison during the time when I was in 6th grade cuz I illegally shot someone who tried to shoot me first. I’m tryna change my way around right now and make better choices, I now lived in Lowell Massachusetts because me living in east side Long Beach would just get me into trouble none stop 🤦♂️
I'm so sorry for how unjust your lives have been. By moving you are making steps in breaking the cycle, I hope you will keep well brother. 🙏
Well done. Everytime I go through this history, I remember another detail I should never have forgotten in the 1st place. Thanks for this video.
I am so blessed to be born in the United States and I’m truly grateful for the freedom and liberties that comes from being an American.
Which are disappearing rapidly.
@John Arena Have not heard of Georgia Guidestones and I do NOT work for the government.
Nobody gives a shit about you being born and raised in a country full prejudices! USA may be developed country but it still doesn't change the fact that it's a messed up shitty country with majority of people with 0 manners. I'd rather live in a undeveloped country with good manners rather than living in a developed country full of prejudices like the USA.
@@rollercoaster9290 damn read the room dude, man was just talking about how he believes to be extraordinary lucky to live in a place where this has yet to occur in such a scale
@@rollercoaster9290 no one said America is a wonderful, perfect place. Most people living in America know there are many things that need improvment, but that doesn't mean we don't have many privileges, including not living in fear of a genocide caused by a tyrant.
Calm down, it's not that deep. OP is just grateful for their safety
Khmer Rough regime (1975-1979) was the obvious hell on earth. 😭😭😭 Three millions people were killed and the survivors become having mental trauma, PTSD, depression, mental retardation etc.
Cambodian genocidal regime was led by Cambodian Communist Party, directed by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, Ta Mok, Khieu Samphan, Vorn Vet, Ieng Thyrith , Koy Thuon, Toch Phoeun , etc.
This regime has no freedom, no human rights, no mercy upon human life , no justice , no healthcare , no foods , no families living , no personal properties, no free opinions , no schools , no universities , no religions , no hospitals , no cash , no markets , no cities livings , no arts , no entertainments , no holidays , no family meeting , no free uniform , no complaints , no free own name , no free trips , no courts , no elections , no news , etc.
Thank you for sharing I’ve learned something today, the whole world is a killing field
Fax
As an Australian I feel ashamed we even recognised this awful regime. A stain on our history.
I've been there and I saw a picture of my dead uncle and grandmother
+I'm Cambodian
So sad I hope you are ok.
Im so sorry
We helped the Cambodian Refugees as they came to California in 1979 and 80. To thank me they held a feast and had the children do a traditional dance for me. So many moved to San Francisco and started their own businesses and really made a life here. It breaks my heart that people dont realize how America is the last and only hope. Now they are tearing our country down.
I imagine there are many still alive who committed these crimes. That part of the world is tragic.
This happened within my lifetime.
Children were indoctrinated into the killing. Not their fault initially, but they committed some terrible atrocities.
Some of these children are still among us.
I hope they have forgiven themselves.
I’m from Cambodia and my whole family generation survive the war!
Reminds us why we should NEVER give up our right to own whatever tools we deem appropriate to defend our lives, liberty, and property. Else, we are subject to the whims of the most cruelest and vilest people.
Pretty sure a leader is popular enough or charasmatic it doesnt matter what tools or weapons you have. They have an army under there loyalty usually
This SOB got away from murdered there’s no justice for all the victims
There will be justice done, my friend. At the end, we all face our judgement. Perdition for Pol Pot and all his cronies!
My good friend survived this and must walked 100 km and more to enter Thailand. He is now man of God, bless many and console those who survived too.
History like this is depressing, but forgetting the victims is an injustice.
Thank you for this documentary! We do not talk about this enough. We need to remember the evil that has been allowed to happen in this world. Otherwise evil will repeat the same actions. Evil does not die with the person! It continues on to the next generation or place. I pray for the survivors that they are able to live blessed and happy lives despite the horrible memories they have to carry.
Exactly. Evil does not die with the person. It uses the body as an avatar and manifests its next host in another time, another place. Evil can be fought. For good and light always prevail in the end as evil cannot exist solely on its own.
Whether we like it or not, geography, destiny, .... have made the fate of people in Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam into 1; that is, if any of those 3 countries is troubled, unstable, war-ravaged, ...., then the rest would go the same way: troubled, unstable, war-ravaged.
# It's ONLY WHEN ALL THREE COUNTRIES are stable, peaceful, prosperous, then the people in those 3 countries could enjoy peace, stability and prosperity.
# Thus, the people in those 3 countries must safeguard their peace, stable environment, prosperity TOGETHER, UNITED.
I've been twice, always rented a bike, it is very emotional experience, even for me as a man. All nationalities are capable of atrocities.
The depths of brutality humans can sink to knows no boundaries.
This has been happening throughout human history and is still happening today.
My dad’s best friend is married to a lovely woman from Cambodia. She, her mother, and her two sisters managed to escape Pot’s wrath and make it here to america. Her father was not so lucky….
They are pure pure evil.
History keeps on repeating itself, genocide keeps repeating itself humanity will never learn the lessons of our evil past. RIP to all the victims.
A revealing question .... Who supported Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge to the bitter end ?
# First, it's China - Directing, encouraging and supporting them to wipe Cambodia clean of Cambodians, making it ready for Chinese advisors, soldiers, workers, and settlers to flood in and turn it into another XinJiang (a China's conquered province)
# Next, USA - Supporting and using Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge (plus prodding Deng XiaoPing's China) to exact revenge on the Vietnamese who had dared to shoot down their B52s and kick the American new colonialists who were taking on the mantle of the French old colonialists, out of their country Vietnam
# Then, Thailand, Singapore, .... - Lackeys following orders from the USA (and from China's in the case of Singapore)
# Lastly, UK, Australia, .... - USA's vassals.
When it comes to bigotry usa would be the first
@@mazharkhan4700 You obviously never set a foot in the USA.
You just forget the Communist regime in North Vietnam which could not stand a democratic one in the South...
I plan on visiting this place next month. My condolences. I cry inside for what hellish nightmare went down.
He lived to the age of 73, there is no justice in this world but what you make yourself.
His voice is very soothing ❤️
I always remember a CD i listened to but it welled up so much emotion that I found & watched The Killing Fields.A heartbreaking film that I never knew existed.That was nearly 20 years ago.The suffering of so many people yet again,most people have heard about the Holocaust but the other tradgedies in other countries often dont get heard.The world is full of killing & suffering but we never learn.Greed,money,and obscenities scour the earth each and every day.I dont believe in god but i send my love and respect to those who have passed on in such awful ways
This begs a very glaring question . Why didn’t our news media talk about this hideous nightmare everyday back in the seventies. Why wasn’t politicians howling in anger as this horror was taking place? We have to ask ourselves as a society is this the same reason nothing was said as China carried out the most massive genocide in world history in the 1960’s? Perhaps a hindered million people murdered by Mao . And what of Walter Winchel . and the other media titans under the thumb of FDR in the 1930’s during the Stalinist /communists purges in which 30 million Russians, Kulaks and Ukranians where starved and butchered . Why has our , radios, televisions, newspapers etc always been silent as these communist regimes murder countless millions of innocent people. Even today as Christians are murdered in Africa nothing but silence. Everyday in the media we hear about the wicked racesist America, countless movies , articles speeches on and on. 750,000 white men died in the civil war to free the slaves and to rid the US of this vile system. This was over 150 years ago and it’s as if it’s still going on. Meanwhile up teen wars latter slavery and untold butchery have taken place under our noses in our neighboring countries and nary a word. It reeks of a globalist/communist agenda that actually supports these regimes ( FDR sent a General Stillwell to China during the Second World War to halt Chang Kai Shek from destroying Mao and his reds. This allowed both Russia and the US to build up and support Mao who would go on to murder untold millions of his own people) and desires to cause division among Americans by continually playing up, racial , economic and gender grievances . The horrible things that these poor innocent people had to endure is incomprehensible and to think those monsters even drowned out their pitiful screams. We better look alive powerful politicians in the US and Europe still hold to these same exact NWO tenants. And you can count on them using these same brutal tactics on anyone as they implement their agenda.
Great job on the video. I visited the fields and it still haunts me.
I’m in Cambodia. But I don’t think I could visit the place.
My mother and her family survived the regime for 4 years. My father's first wife and 3 children were murdered during the regime. Now as a parent myself I cannot begin to understand the pain. Time heals - but I don't know how it can apply to this.
Every time I visit this site and others like it in Cambodia I cry form depth of my soul.
It's really depressing to think there isn't a heinous act that HASN'T been carried out by humans somehow somewhere. We have so much potential yet there are still those that spring up to hold us back for their own selfish and disgusting motives.
Evil knows no bounds.
Walked through this, didn't talk till I got back to our accommodation, thoughts, blessings and sunshine to those people. Still saddens me xx
I cannot contain my emotions when we visited this place..i can sense the agony of all the victims.
I came to this exact site in 2007 as a 12/13 year old kid living in the UK, the things i saw there and S-21 i willl never be able to forget. It gave me a whole new perspective on life. almost 15/16 years later and the memories of these places will forever haunt me, I could not imagine what it must have been like to be there at the time, only what i have seen from the killing fields film. The most somber places i have ever visited.
Death: the only guarantee of socialism/communism. Well, that and a shortage of food and medicine.
Nonsense,you obviously don't know the difference between the two.
@@davidgiles5030 Communism: a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
@@davidgiles5030 no difference,
Communists overthrew Pol Pot. Capitalists funded him.
Shit we’re seeing those things in the U.S. as we speak. 😂🤷🏾♀️
Let this be a lesson for those that still think “real communism” hasn’t been tried.
this is one of the saddest things ive ever seen
I am an Australian veteran . I spent one year in Cambodia in 92/93. There were opportunities to get Pol pot. We were not allowed to do what the world and more importantly the people of Cambodia wanted. He was never bought to trial and allowed to die peacefully. What pisses me off now is the tourists in Cambodia. Going there to fuck children use drugs etc. Pedophiles beware. I am around. I have many friends in government and the police. You will never be seen again. The Mekong is very unforgiving
Who was stopping you? I would really like to know. Thank you.
@@jeg5438 the hun sen government of Cambodia. And our Australian commanders. In the 12 months I was there I spent more than 9 in the jungle. That bastard lived in nth west Cambodia. Small village near the Thai border. He had his bodyguards but for professional Australian soldiers they would have not been much chop. But you can basically put it down to another failure by the United nations. Look how they stood by in Rwanda. Some of my mates witnessed the massacre in the stadium. They were immediately fucked for life. It all comes down to in both missions our orders for opening fire. We can only engage if being engaged. Where in traditional warfare we seek out and destroy. Peacekeeping mission run by the United nations have a history of failure. Hope this helped. Let me know if you need info on other stuff
It just makes me wonder. If one person took it upon themselves to kill the beast it would make a difference. Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot. But God dosen't want that it seems. We're just suppose to live life without hurting anyone but if someone wants to kill us, well turn the other cheek. I don't understand. All the beasts could have been killed before they did so much damage.
@@jeg5438 Sadly these tyrants are well prepared, another of their members will fall into place. You must change hearts and minds.
Where are u from?
I have been around there on 3 different occasions. The last two was when I was with other friends that wanted to go. It was so difficult to go back the second time but the third, I really didn’t want to do it. If you walk around here and it doesn’t break you, then I fear that you have no heart.
I have a friend that I work with that survived this madness
I am so sorry ..... I'm here in the US ... I was too young to know or understand when this was going on ...... At that time the US didn't exactly let us know what was happening over there .....May God bless you all ......
Informative but sad
Knowing the fact that they used music to drown out the screams of people while that music is play in the video is hauntingly disturbing.
I cannot imagine nor believe the horrors of someone who was going to die.
I can't imagine that there were cold blood creatures which can be patient to use the bamboo sticks or farming tools to beat hundreds of victims till death in a day.
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