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Today we are visiting Choeung Ek also known as the Killing Fields here in Cambodia.
This is one of the many sites scattered about the country where the Khmer Rouge executed
its own people.
To put it into perspective one out of four people of the Cambodian population were executed
during this regime.
The
peaceful orchard setting it is just hard to believe the atrocities that took place.
Not all of the graves have been excavated here under this lake there are still many
graves where bodies were thrown.
This is the kind of place where you come out feeling heavy emotions and even though it
is not necessarily a pleasant visit, I think it is important to visit sites like these
in order to learn a bit about the history of the countries you travel through.
Visiting this site just gives me extra respect for the Khmer people how resilient they are
and how they've been able to overcome these atrocities. Hopefully this memorial here will
serve to educate others and future generations so that this never happens again.