This museum is situated in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia.
Managed by Khmer Rouge between 1975 to 1979.
Tuol Sleng means "Hill of the Poisonous Trees", as many of 20.000 of the prisoners were later killed there.
Upon arrival at the prison, the prisoners were photographed and required to give detailed autobiographies.
The prisoners were routinely beaten and tortured with electric shocks, searing hot metal instruments and hanging, as well as though the use of various other devices. Some prisoners were cut with knives or suffocated with plastic bags.
Survivors of Tuol Sleng
Out of the estimated 17,000 people imprisoned, there were only twelve known survivors. As of September 2011, only three of them are thought to be still alive: Chum Mey, Bou Meng and Chim Math. They were kept alive only for their skill, that the captors judged to be useful.
Bou Meng, whose wife was killed in prison, was an artist.
Chum Mey known in repairing machinery.
Chim Math was held in prison for 2 weeks and transferred to the nearby Prey Sar prison. She intentionally distinguished herself by emphasising her provincial accent during her interrogations.
Vann Nath, who was spared because of his ability to paint, died in September 5 in 2011.
Security regulations
When prisoners were first brought to Tuol Sleng, they were made of ten rules that they were to follow during their incarceration. What follows is what is posted today at the Tuol Sleng museum, the imperfect grammar is a result of faulty translation from the original Khmer:
The prisoners were routinely beaten and tortured with electric shocks, searing hot metal instruments and hanging, as well as though the use of various other devices. Some prisoners were cut with knives or suffocated with plastic bags.
Survivors of Tuol Sleng
Out of the estimated 17,000 people imprisoned, there were only twelve known survivors. As of September 2011, only three of them are thought to be still alive: Chum Mey, Bou Meng and Chim Math. They were kept alive only for their skill, that the captors judged to be useful.
Bou Meng, whose wife was killed in prison, was an artist.
Chum Mey known in repairing machinery.
Chim Math was held in prison for 2 weeks and transferred to the nearby Prey Sar prison. She intentionally distinguished herself by emphasising her provincial accent during her interrogations.
Vann Nath, who was spared because of his ability to paint, died in September 5 in 2011.
Security regulations
When prisoners were first brought to Tuol Sleng, they were made of ten rules that they were to follow during their incarceration. What follows is what is posted today at the Tuol Sleng museum, the imperfect grammar is a result of faulty translation from the original Khmer:
1. You must answer accordingly to my question. Don't turn them away.
2. Don't try to hide the facts by making pretexts this and that, you are strictly prohibited to contest me.
3. Don't be a fool for you are a chap who dare to twart the revolution.
4. You must immediately answer my questions without wasting time to reflect.
5. Don't tell me either about your immoralities or the essence or the revolution.
6. While getting lashes or electrifications, you must not cry at all. (OMFG!!!!.......)
7. Do nothing, sit still and wait for my orders. If there is no order, keep quiet. When I ask you to do something, you must do it right away without protesting.
8. Don't make pretext about Kampuchea Krom in order to hide your secret or traitor.
9. If you don't follow all the above rules, you shall get many lashes of electric wire.
10. If you disobey any point of my regulations you shall get either ten lashes or five shocks of electric discharge.
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