Killing Fields Memorial
by Carolyn Derstine
Title
Killing Fields Memorial
Artist
Carolyn Derstine
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
At the Choeung Ek killing fields in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, a memorial was erected to remember those who were killed at the hands of the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1978 under the Pol Pot regime. At the site, which had previously been an orchard, the remains of an estimated 10,000 people were found in mass graves and exhumed in 1980. This sobering memorial was constructed so as not to obscure the facts, but to show the grisly and honest truth. Designed in the style of a Buddhist stupa, the Choeung Ek memorial has glass sides, and is comprised of multiple layers of human skulls. Totaling 5,000 of those executed at the site, the skulls are a harsh reminder of a genocide that took place only 40 years ago. There were killing fields all over Cambodia, but Cheung Ek was believed to be the largest.
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June 13th, 2023
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