Choeung Ek (Khmer: ជើងឯក, Cheung Êk [cəːŋ ʔaek]) is a former orchard, in Dangkao, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, that was used as a Killing Field between 1975...
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slate clean." They were then taken away to a place such as Tuol Sleng or Choeung Ek for torture and/or execution.[citation needed] The executed were buried...
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sometimes brought en masse to be interrogated and later executed at the Choeung Ek extermination center. In 1979, the prison was uncovered by the invading...
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Penh municipality has instituted a tradition of arranging visits to the Choeung Ek fields, where Buddhist ceremonies are held. Oh! Phnom Penh, a popular...
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ancient kiln site in Choeung Ek commune of Dangkao district, southern part of central Phnom Penh in the early 2000s. Choeung Ek archaeological site was...
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tortured from the equipment and facilities exhibited in the buildings. The Choeung Ek Killing Fields are located about 15 kilometers outside of Phnom Penh....
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War in Asia and the aftermath of the Cambodian Civil War Skulls at the Choeung Ek memorial in Cambodia Location Democratic Kampuchea (present-day Cambodia)...
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sites (also known as the Killing Fields), outside Phnom Penh, such as Choeung Ek, where most were executed (often with pickaxes, to save bullets) and buried...
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