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Tuol Sleng Genocide MuseumvsChoeung Ek Genocidal Center
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and Choeung Ek Genocidal Center are both endorsed by professionals. Overall, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum ranks significantly better than Choeung Ek Genocidal Center. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum scores 93 with accolades from 7 sources such as Fodor's, Atlas Obscura and Lonely Planet.
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
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Street 113, Boeng Keng Kang, Phnom Penh 3, Cambodia
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Frommer's "It is important to visit this profoundly disturbing place if you wish to understand modern Cambodia. It... brings you close to the darkest depths of mankind's capacity for brutality." Full review
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Overwhelming, so be prepared.
Fodor's "This museum is a horrific reminder of the cruelty of which humans are capable." Full review
Afar Magazine "When I look at these images I really do find myself at a loss for words--this is one of those pictures that really do convey more emotions that spoken vocabulary ever could. " Full review
Atlas Obscura "Khmer Rouge's high security prison. " Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"A tragic and indefensible page of history that should not be forgotten." Full review
Afar Magazine "Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh." Full review
Choeung Ek Genocidal Center
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15km southwest of the city, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Concierge "This pair of Phnom Penh sites, Tuol Sleng prison and Choeung Ek killing field, vividly commemorate the abuses and the victims of the nightmarish 1975–79 regime of the Khmer Rouge."
Fodor's "In the mid- to late 1970s thousands of Khmer Rouge prisoners who had been tortured at the infamous Tuol Sleng prison were taken to the Choeung Ek extermination camp for execution." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Between 1975 and 1978 about 17,000 men, women, children and infants who had been detained and tortured at S-21 were transported to the extermination camp of Choeung Ek." Full review
Afar Magazine "So as to not repeat the past, we must learn from it, even when it is difficult to face." Full review
Afar Magazine "The Choeung Ek Genocidal Center is not the most exciting destination, but it is definitely a necessary one." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"After visiting Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, you should go and see the Killing Fields at Choeung Ek." Full review
Frommer's "This was originally a Chinese cemetery before becoming an execution ground for the Khmer Rouge during their maniacal reign under Pol Pot." Full review
