KAMPUCHEA DEATH AND REBIRTH
How is there not already a thread showing DK-used buildings then and now? Hmmmm...maybe I'll pull together some of my photos and start one....
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- Stokely
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That would be great. I'm rather morbidly fascinated by the happens in Phnom Penh during those bad times, especially the inner workings of the CPK.
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Here are a few locations I got from the DCCAM book "Khmer Rouge Division 703".
Several offices were used as “reeducation” sites for combatants considered to have impure records, who were related to enemies or“caught up in trends,” or were thought to have committed acts in opposition to the Party.
The reform centers included:
Office 43, which was located west of Watt Langka in PhnomPenh. Office S-21 Khor (S-21B) in Takhmau, south of Phnom Penh. Office 44 in Takhmau, which was under the command of comrade chairman Try and comrade You Meng Kry (called Mon). This office was connected to Office 15 (the Region 25security office), which was commanded by comrade Teng. Office S-50, which was located south of Phsar Thmei in the former National Police Commission headquarters (and today is home to the Phnom Penh Municipal Commission), played an important role in detaining and interrogating prisoners. In 1975, before Office S-21 was established, it was a prison for Khmer Republic officials and was under the command of the Phnom Penh military commission (later, it would also house internal enemies).
Office S-21 Khor (S-21D) was located in Prey Sar Prison in the Dangkao district of Kandal province. Also known as “Office 24” and Prey Sar Prison, it was a branch of the infamous Office S-21. Its inmates came from the 703rd Division as well as several other army units.
During its first eight months of operation, Office S-21 was under the 703rd Division and was located in the compound of the National Police Commission south of Phsar Thmei. In March or April 1976, as the number of prisoners rose, Office S-21 was relocated to the Tuol Svay Prey High School in the Sangkat Tuol Svay Prey area of Phnom Penh.
Built in 1962 on a 600 by 400 meter plot of land, the school was originally called Vithayalai Nhonheayat. In the 1970s during the Khmer Republic, it was renamed Vithayalai Tuol Svay Prey. In the rear of the compound were two wooden school buildings with thatched roofs that comprised the Boeng Keng Kong Primary School. This school was later renamed the Tuol Sleng Primary School.
Various personal history documents of cadres show that in1975 Office S-21 had many branches. These included an animal husbandry site at Boeng Tumpuon, Office 44, Office S-21A, Office S-21C at Takhmau, Office S-21D at Prey Sar, and an execution site at Boeng Cheung Ek. In 1976, after S-21 relocated to the Tuol Svay Prey high school site, Office 44 and Office S-21A were dissolved, and in 1977 Office S-21C was consolidated into Office S-21.
Preah Ket Mealea Hospital, or P98. Nang explained that female combatants in the703rd were generally recruited to serve either as seamstresses at the textile factory or as medics. P98 treated the armed forces of the Party Center; zone and region forces and civilians were not allowed to enter this hospital.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/do ... 1&type=pdf
The compound was called B-1 where the staff of Democratic Kampuchea’s foreign ministry worked and lived with their families during the Khmer Rouge regime. B-1 was located in the former buildings of the Council of Ministers, since demolished, on Russian Boulevard.
https://english.cambodiadaily.com/news/ ... ime-54314/
There was also the Boueng Trabek high school which still exists a the southern end of Monivong and was used as a detention center for Khmers who returned from abroad.
Several offices were used as “reeducation” sites for combatants considered to have impure records, who were related to enemies or“caught up in trends,” or were thought to have committed acts in opposition to the Party.
The reform centers included:
Office 43, which was located west of Watt Langka in PhnomPenh. Office S-21 Khor (S-21B) in Takhmau, south of Phnom Penh. Office 44 in Takhmau, which was under the command of comrade chairman Try and comrade You Meng Kry (called Mon). This office was connected to Office 15 (the Region 25security office), which was commanded by comrade Teng. Office S-50, which was located south of Phsar Thmei in the former National Police Commission headquarters (and today is home to the Phnom Penh Municipal Commission), played an important role in detaining and interrogating prisoners. In 1975, before Office S-21 was established, it was a prison for Khmer Republic officials and was under the command of the Phnom Penh military commission (later, it would also house internal enemies).
Office S-21 Khor (S-21D) was located in Prey Sar Prison in the Dangkao district of Kandal province. Also known as “Office 24” and Prey Sar Prison, it was a branch of the infamous Office S-21. Its inmates came from the 703rd Division as well as several other army units.
During its first eight months of operation, Office S-21 was under the 703rd Division and was located in the compound of the National Police Commission south of Phsar Thmei. In March or April 1976, as the number of prisoners rose, Office S-21 was relocated to the Tuol Svay Prey High School in the Sangkat Tuol Svay Prey area of Phnom Penh.
Built in 1962 on a 600 by 400 meter plot of land, the school was originally called Vithayalai Nhonheayat. In the 1970s during the Khmer Republic, it was renamed Vithayalai Tuol Svay Prey. In the rear of the compound were two wooden school buildings with thatched roofs that comprised the Boeng Keng Kong Primary School. This school was later renamed the Tuol Sleng Primary School.
Various personal history documents of cadres show that in1975 Office S-21 had many branches. These included an animal husbandry site at Boeng Tumpuon, Office 44, Office S-21A, Office S-21C at Takhmau, Office S-21D at Prey Sar, and an execution site at Boeng Cheung Ek. In 1976, after S-21 relocated to the Tuol Svay Prey high school site, Office 44 and Office S-21A were dissolved, and in 1977 Office S-21C was consolidated into Office S-21.
Preah Ket Mealea Hospital, or P98. Nang explained that female combatants in the703rd were generally recruited to serve either as seamstresses at the textile factory or as medics. P98 treated the armed forces of the Party Center; zone and region forces and civilians were not allowed to enter this hospital.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/do ... 1&type=pdf
The compound was called B-1 where the staff of Democratic Kampuchea’s foreign ministry worked and lived with their families during the Khmer Rouge regime. B-1 was located in the former buildings of the Council of Ministers, since demolished, on Russian Boulevard.
https://english.cambodiadaily.com/news/ ... ime-54314/
There was also the Boueng Trabek high school which still exists a the southern end of Monivong and was used as a detention center for Khmers who returned from abroad.
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Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
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K-17 Security Office, Currently Boeung Trabek High School
Both from Searching for the Truth magazine by DCCAM.“Tuol Sleng was a restricted area,surrounded by zinc roof sheeting from SihanoukStreet to Mao Zedong Street, and from MonivongBlvd to Street 163.”
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Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Interesting read from former KR film maker, now business magnate, Oum Prum
https://southeastasiaglobe.com/talking- ... filmmaker/
https://southeastasiaglobe.com/talking- ... filmmaker/
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