A picture of seven of the eight known survivors. Most of them survived by having skills that that Khmer Rouge needed:
A picture taken after the Vietnamese Army invasion in 1979 showing the four surviving children:
At intake, the Khmer Rouge took pictures of every single individual coming in and recorded their name. The names and pictures became separated in some cases and so there are thousands of individuals whom are only known by their pictures. This board represents one of many displays in the prison.
There was no name attached to this young man. Judging the time period, he was maybe 10 years older or less than that in comparison with me at that time. His shirt...that is a shirt that any young pre-teen or teenager might have worn in those years. For all I know, given another reality, that could have been me.
I have been to many places in my years, including places where terrible things had happened. Never in my life have a been to a place where the very walls of the building seeped evil.
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