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🕊️ Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum: Where a Mother’s Tears Meet a Thousand Prayers for Peace 🕯️

#hellohalloween In the heart of Phnom Penh, a single sculpture captures a nation’s unspeakable grief: a weeping mother, her stone body bent in eternal sorrow, cradling a lost child. She stands in the courtyard of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum—once a high school turned prison, now a sanctuary of memory and hope. Around her, a quiet transformation unfolds. Visitors from around the world leave colorful notes of peace—folded papers tucked into cracks, tied to branches, or gently placed at the statue’s base. In many languages, they whisper the same prayer: Never again. “I pray for healing.” “May your souls rest in peace.” “We remember, so history will not repeat.” 📝 The Wall of Hope Near the exit, a simple board has become a collective mural of empathy. Strangers write messages of reconciliation, forgiveness, and unity—each note a small act of defiance against the darkness that once ruled these walls. #tuolsleng #peaceprayers #cambodiaheals #weremember
Posted: Oct 14, 2025
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