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| A commemorative stupa filled with skulls of the victims |
From April 1975 to January 1979, the ultra-Communist Khmer Rouge regime ( the Red Khmer or KR), headed by Saloth Sar (known as Pol Pot), controlled the whole Cambodia. During their reign, between 1 and 2 1/2 million Cambodians were killed, others died from disease, malnutrition and mistreatment. The victims were transported and dumped in one of the dozen "killing fields" scattered across the country.
This particular killing field (Choeung Ek Genocidal Center) is the site of the brutal execution of more than 17,000 men, women and children who had first suffered through interrogation, torture and deprivation in S-21 Prison (now the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum).
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| skulls of the victims |
To save ammunition, the executions were often carried out using hammers, axe handles, spades or sharpened bamboo sticks. The victims were then buried in mass graves. Some victims were required to dig their own graves.
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