@@kevinneuhaus2162 Just so you’re aware, USA contributed 215m dollars to rogue Khmer. Despite also being “against” them. This is yet another war fueled by the evil west.
In my final year of High School in Australia, I went on a school service trip to Cambodia, and part of the trip was visiting S21 and the killings fields in our first week. Our tour guide who we had for the first four days of the trip, whose name was PK, was a great guy who was happy and cheerful the entirety of the time we had him. His uplifting and spirited behavior even continued when we were at S21, however once we entered the prison block with the room full of photos of victims, his demeanor changed. Passing into one of the rooms, he abruptly stopped talking to us and began to gaze at one of the pictures. Shorty after looking at this particular photo of someone, he began to talk again, albeit through broken words and quiet sobbing. Our tour guide, PK, was a prisoner of S21, and one of the photos on the wall was a picture of his cousin who had been killed right in front of him during this time. After he moved on we all quickly looked at this photo (and many of the other photos were of a similar nature). This body, starved, abused, mutilated, void of any humanity left. Every bone in his body was tightly wrapped around dirty and punctured skin. Hundreds of bodies covered in scars, bruises, and marks of violence. The atmosphere of our entire group was utterly traumatized for the rest of the week and I still think back to the sound of him crying. Once back on our bus, he further explained that he survived due to his ability to fix the typewriters that the prison guards and other members of the Khmer Rouge used. As such, they kept him alive until eventually he escaped from S21 when Vietnam invaded. Another couple of details to add to the killing fields: towards the right side of the main memorial are a set of sugar palm trees. PK told us that Khmer Rouge soldiers would collect these leaves and slash victims throats (as their leaves are very sharp), amongst many other methods of killing via blunt force trauma or knives as a means to save on ammunition. As briefly seen at 38:30, almost every skull had coloured stickers on specific locations of the skull to denote a range of info from the age of the victim to the method of their death, to even the number of times they were attacked. It would also be an understatement to say that many skulls had numerous stickers on them, indicating that they were attacked several times by several different methods of force. Thank you very much Spanian for publishing this video in such a professional, considerate and informative manner. Watching this brought back many memories of my trip in Cambodia, including all the people that I met over there.
Thank you so much for sharing. I hope PK can find peace. You telling PK’s story is how we can all remember what these innocent people went through. God bless you
Im 38 y/o and this my first fkin time crying bout this bc my parents and older siblings were in one of the Khmer rouge camp. Sadly 2 of my siblings didnt survive. I appreciate you bro for reminding people of this evil that existed. 🙏💪
It’s still crazy to think that this happened in the 1970s. I can’t imagine what my parents and grandparents went through so I could be here thriving. Thank you for bringing awareness to this part of history that most of the world doesn’t even know happened.
Do you know the harm he’s done to other humans him self ?! He’s literally said he’s a psychopath multiple times. Never seen him make a video with his victims apologizing for stabbing and beating them up to the point they are in hospital close to death. But yeah lad give him praise for pretending to cry in a video.
This needs to be taught in schools…. This needs to be held at the same height as the Holocaust and Stalin regime. I learned about this from you and thank you for doing the world a service by making this.
It IS taught in schools. The reason people know of the holocaust more is because the then-victims still use it as defence for their genocidal acts right now.
My grandpa was a soldier for the khmer army and fought against the khmer rouge. My dad and grandma would go around flipping over dead bodies looking for grandpa. By the grace of god they were reunited. They were taken to a refugee camp, where my moms family was too, in thailand. My parents didnt know eachother at this time. By luck both parents were flown to the same city Oakland, Ca where they finally met and had me and my sister. Im so fucking thankful im alive right now. My grandpa is still alive at 95 today. Thanks again for the vid Spanian much respect ❤🙏
Spanian gets all the love from us Cambodians in Bonnyrigg, Cabramatta and Western Sydney! We couldn't wait for this video to drop! Cambodia all the way 🔥
Brother. I just watched this during smoko with couple lads. Shed a tear. We just packed up. I Told them all to go home and pick their kids up from school and hug them. 😢 Thanks for sharing bruz.
I met this lad, he was Cambodian and he was a translator for pol pot, he hated him with a passion, he got caught incorrectly translating to save a family members life, to save his own life for lying he had to run away to the jungle, he ended up living in the jungle for 4 years, this man was one of the most incredible human's i've ever known, we ended becoming good friends, his English wasn't great but after spending time with him we could have a yarn no worries, and they would blow your mind, I'd have to type for a week and I still don't know if I could do any of them justice.
We're blessed here in Australia man, the world goes through pain everyday that we are so unaware of, everyday I tell myself I'm grateful. Can't imagine how scared these people would of been bro...horrific
Fancy seeing you here brother. Fifa prob clubs to TH-cam! Completey agree here bruv, this was heavy as. My cambo mates always used to tell us about it but we were too young to comprehend the gravity of it. Most of the 1st generation migrated here doing farming for 5-10 bucks an hour and were happy as hell. Always throwing parties, bbqs, drink ups and karaoke. Now I understand why
I was so moved when I saw you shed tears for my people. Your compassion means the world to us. Thank you for understanding our struggle and using your platform to bring awareness
Well said, Spanian. I visited in 2022, found the most devastating part was that the prisoners were told they were going home when they were driven out of the prison, so they left with a smile. Little did they know, they were being taken to the killing field. This led to all the other prisoners also thinking they too would get to go 'home'' one day. RIP to all lives lost.
..a very similar situation is occuring right now in Gaza, are ppl going to stop it, or will they cry about it in 47 years from now...after watching it on someone's travel vlog..???
My parents also lived through this. It was something that they always avoided talking about. Most of my Fathers family were executed during this time. He only has his 2 sister and brother that survived. Most Cambodian Family's you meet will have similar stories We were the lucky few that were able to escape and relocate to the US. I is always hard to see these videos but I am glad it is shared. I vist Cambodia almost every year and I still haven't gotten myself to visit these sites. Thank you for sharing. Love your Vlog.
Your humanity is on display here brother. A great example for all men, be hard, be real, and remember you can have emotions. A bloke who has heart isn’t just brave enough to step into the ring, he’s brave enough to encompass a man in all aspects including his empathy. Much respect brother.
Mate, I think this might be your best video yet. Big respect for putting your emotions on camera, seeing a tough bloke be moved is moving in itself. Keep exploring lad.
Visiting these places in person and hearing the stories rocks you to your core... The killing fields, you still see human bone fragments scattered in the dirt. It's messed up.
I’ve never left a comment on TH-cam before but I’ve watched every single bit of content that you ever put out and I mean every video, and short. This is hands down your best content and so insightful. Massive respect for your raw compassion and empathy. You’re smashing it Spanian, keep up the good work 🙏🏽❤️
A boy that was part of a family that escaped the Cambodian killing fields was so plagued by hellish nightmares from being traumatised by the horrors of what he had seen that he instead did all he could to stay awake to avoid his nightmares, and this is actually what inspired Wes Craven to write Nightmare on Elm street. Such a heart wrenching video to watch, fantastic journalism Spanian, keep it up brother!
Much appreciation to you for this video bro. My parents was forced to flee from this and lost my oldest brother during the struggle. We landed in NZ where they were able to start a new life. Will never take shit for granted
Brother Spanian, it's amazing your compassion and your love for Cambodia and it's people. My father is Cambodian and he still remembers the last time he saw his parents by the river. They told him to run and go as far away as possible. He walked 2 weeks until he reached Vietnam. Till this day he's never seen them or 9 of his 13 siblings ever again. Watching this brought tears to my eyes, tears which for some reason I never had when I went to the museum myself. I think Cambodians hold in the pain very well, the darkness remains but we've learnt to be happy and appreciate what we now have.
My dad and family endured the hate and torture of the Khmer Rouge war. 😞 My dad doesn’t speak much about his life before coming to the states but you can see the pain in his eyes still to this day. The genocide that happened in Cambodia is one of the worst atrocities to ever happened on earth! Thank you for sharing this, Not to many people even know about the Khmer Rouge war. 🙏
Spanyian , we know how huge your heart is , but your compassion runs just as deep . Hat off to you lad , not many TH-camrs could pull this off , only that we know where you are from and where your going to. Mad respect to you..
Twelve minutes into the video, I had to take a break and gather my thoughts. I once worked with a guy who lost his parents in Cambodia in this era. I didn't understand a lot about it at the time, but I went home and did my research and it hit hard. The absolute devastation humanity is capable of doing to one another will never cease to shock us, and we must remain aware. As you said, it won't be the last time. This is a great piece of work, bro.
I’ve had it tough in life I always say after 15 years of hard drugs 3 years clean after a 12 day coma 2 brain surgeries my life is hard I’m 30 broke bla bla but after seeing this I can’t help but thank God for my life and the life I’ve had.. compared to what these poor kids and people went through my life is a blessing
perspective changes a lot for everyone brother and for all that a youtube comment is worth, I'm glad your still here with us learning and growing, taking each day as it comes. love ya, god bless.
The polar opposite of walking through that children’s prison to a bunch of kids in a van giving you the biggest smiles hit me in the feels 😭 the Khmer Rouge regime was so freakin brutal
Nothing but respect for showing this Spanian. You're opening up the world to so many that won't have the chance to see it all. This is heavy, super heavy...
This one hits home ... There was a Cambodian family that was sponsored here which i grew up with in Bonnyrigg primary school i knew all the siblings and their parents ... They sponsored a couple man and women who ran away from Cambodia as the man was in the Khmer rouge but rebelled and got shot ... They made it over the Thailand border and eventually made it to Australia ... Their family born in Thailand raised in Australia and years later i met their eldest daughter ... Only to realise the the same Cambodian family i went to school with sponsored her parents ... We have been married for almost 15 years with 3 gorgeous children ... ❤️🔥🙏🏽
@@Gillieyt no ... he was forced into the khmer rouge but rebelled and refused to be apart of the killings ... him and others literally ran from the camps and were shot at ... he was shot and wounded others got killed ...
@@Kustom2170 I worked with a Cambodian guy who went to Bonnyrigg High School, he mentioned his parents had fled Cambodia back during those times but he didn't say much else about the past. I know he had older brothers who also went to Bonnyrigg High School. I wont say their surname but it was very unique name being one single letter of the alphabet and were well known around the Bonnyrigg area because of that. He was a really great bloke though, good worker, all round top bloke even though his family had been through really bad stuff in the past.
A friend of mine survived the genocide. He never talked about it. All he once said to me was "The war took everything from me." He was such a kind person, but also very broken. I guess there are things you will never be able to recover from.
Thankyou for showing S21 and the killing fields with the respect they deserve. I hope you managed to talk to the survivors too. You will never forget a trip to these places. What I can’t understand is even with everything that has happened even in our lifetimes - the genocide, the land mines the poverty. Cambodians are still some of the nicest people you will meet anywhere ever! I will be heading over for Khmer new year this April and will be back again in December as I work voluntarily with an NGO doing a bunch of different stuff building houses, working in school, working on cattle farms. Cambodia is a magical place and I think you are finding that now. In the utter and total chaos and insanity in Cambodia I find peace I can’t find Australian. Thankyou for giving this piece of their history the respect it deserves but there is so much more yet to find. Have a blast mate
This video made me appreciate you so much, my family escaped from the khmer rouge as well and sometimes when things are tough I always remember what my parents and grandparents had to go through. Thanks for this video and showing your raw emotions.
My friend escaped the Khmer rouge and had to walk barefoot to Thailand stepping over bodies of children and adults all at the age of 8. She was one of the lucky ones. I liked spanian( Anthony) before for his great vids but now I admire you so much more for where you have been and where you are now. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Lad
Thank u spanian for educating Ur viewers about my country, my dads side was also killed because they were teachers and professors, they killed all educated people so knowledge wasn't learnt, it's was very touching and i did had a tear run down my eyes, I was lucky not to go through it because my parents ran to Thailand refugee camp, and I was born in the refugee camp, my parents went through hell running away dodging gun fires bombs dropping, thank so much again spanian, I hope the viewers had a eye opener much love , cambodian people would love u dearly, u got a heart of gold , my u be blessed 1000 times
@@evoids will my guy each country has their own bas thing, so I can understand wat Ur saying, y would I say something like that , anything like this to any country is horrible, wat is Ur point? Maybe spainian could do a episode in Mexico, and we all can see wat u guys went through, dumbest comment u said
I'm an Australian living in Phnom Penh with my Australian husband and kids. We moved here 7 years ago, and love it. Thanks so much for educating your viewers on the atrocities and horrors of the KR genocide and sharing this video, its mental to think this happened a mere 40 odd years ago. So much respect for you. Generational trauma lives on in this country, but I am forever surprised by how forgiving, gentle, kind and generous Khmer people are, especially when their families often have so little and their beloved country was decimated. Thank you for visiting xx
2:23 My parent's immigrated from Cambodia to Australia and this is too true, didn't even know this happened until my I was like 9 when my teacher asked me if my parents went through it then during a school event she had managed to get my dad to speak of his experiences to the school, first time I learnt he had lost half his siblings during the time.
Damn, I feel kinda sorry for your Dad, it must be rough having people asking what it was like, bringing the painful memories to the forefront when he's just trying to enjoy his day, I know people don't intend it in a bad way but it's gotta be painful each time he has to tell it Make sure he knows there are millions of people around the globe who are aware of the tragedy and are thinking about his family and the other victims for their courage to stand up against evil, in my mind, the Cambodian people who stood up against the Khmer Rouge are all heroes and even though they may have passed on, their bravery saved the whole of Cambodia
Spanian, I have watched the majority of your work over the last 2 years, this is a masterpiece. You pushed through, with empathy, compassion and respect. Well done you are making a wonderful contribution to this world.
..a very similar situation is occuring right now in Gaza, are ppl going to stop it, or will they cry about it in 47 years from now...after watching it on someone's travel vlog..???
@@chrisasterion5050 I've never heard of what happened in this video. it seems not many else have either. I have of Gaza, I see it every day on social media. many are protesting and aware of it, and trying. Two very different situations here
I am Khmer - Survived this horror and was lucky to go to Thailand Refugee Camp. I was raised in Canada - went back to live for 3 years in Cambodia 2013-2016. To get back with my roots. I appreciate your softness and kindness to my people. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your experience. Be Blessed.
His always been like this I was in jail with him back 2013 longbay and his always been this real he just knew using his talking and jail shit would get all the views and followers and now switching it up to be more like himself and show the real him cause his past the jail shit has been for years 💪
@@eddie1683 I finnished my sentence got out march 2016 was was still hanging out with bad influences and doing silly things here and there then lost my niece 2019 and that woke me up alot I stepped away from that life and started being a better father and got a job was going good then like 2yrs later after fully changing my life police came arrest me for fraud I did 2018 early 2019 so it's 2021 now arrested for old stuff I did years earlier and was shattered but I made my bed I had to sleep in it I ended up servo g 2yrs and got out 2023 I been out 8mths now I've finnished parole as of last month and also I'm the first person ever on parole run a program at parole for people on parole so I teach Aboriginal art and try talk people outa doing crime and learning more about culture and sharing positive messages like that so yeah I'm stoked with how I'm going alota people I know from jail can't get up and change and it sucks and I hope one day they will like when we was young it mighta been fun going against the police and stuck ups and that but when ya in ya 30s it's cringe hahahah so there's a lil bout me bro hope your living they life you want aswell 💪
the fact you shed a tear for the ones who survived and the ones who didn't is legit beautiful and to see that it did make u cry a bit is how serious all there suiations were lets ogge spainy good vid
@@123jethro you are very mature of a human being are you? trynna be that clown are ya? clap forthis little fella right here he might be needing that for his satisfaction.
I've been living in Cambodia for the past two years and have a khmer boyfriend, and this just breaks my heart. I have never cried so much knowing how beautiful the hearts of the Khmer people are, and their culture is so pure and amazing. It breaks my heart to see these types of things, and I am so happy to see people emotionally understand the pain the Cambodians have gone through. Keep spreading awareness of the world so younger generations can hopefully find this and see ❤
..a very similar situation is occuring right now in Gaza, are ppl going to stop it, or will they cry about it in 47 years from now...after watching it on someone's travel vlog..???
Well, think about Gaza. Some kids being shot in the neck by an Isra3li sniper or an early newborns being left behind in the hospital to rott because no electricity there for incubators. So many kids are buried alive under the rubble and the rest are left with PTSD. It's still happening to this day and western MSM (bought) is pushing the false narrative and spreading lies.
I did a school service trip in 2019 to Vietnam and Cambodia. The hardest legs of the trip was visiting an orphanage for disabled children affected by the agent orange chemical used in the war, and visiting the S21 prison and Killing Fields. During my visits I didn’t show much raw emotion. Maybe because I was in real shock or cause I was with other students. But fuck man watching this video really brought it out of me. Spanian, thank you for being real and making this video. This is a hidden part of history that is barely taught. Thank you for bringing more awareness
Genuinely moving. Thank you Spanian. Watching this makes me question my perspective and how I might approach my life day to day. How Horrible we can be. Hopefully we can also be kind just allow each other to get on and try find some peace. Respect and love to you and everyone else on Earth. ❤ life is short. Well done mate.
I'm so glad your raising awareness of what's gone on in Cambodia bro. Please, please keep doing what you're doing, you are reaching so many people with your openness and genuineness... And I fuuuucking love finishing work on my longest day to find a new episode.
This really made me cry, Thank you for making this video and raising awareness for the despicable evil acts the Khmer people went through, my Mum older Sis and other family are survivors of Khmer Rouge. I’m very appreciate and thankful they escaped to the Thai boarder
My mum and dad fled the country from this when they were teenagers. I thank them everyday for the life I have here in Aus! Keep up the good work brother good bless.
Normally as soon as I see a Spanian vid ill play it pretty much straight away. This one took me 2 weeks to finally watch it, I knew it would be rough but far out man, this was so much heavier than I was ever expecting. Worthy content mate, respectfully done indeed.
Absolute 10/10 quality content deep deep stuff I felt this one 🙏😞 keep doing your thing Spanian love from the UK 🇬🇧 , have a blessed life you and the family lad 🙏🧡🧡
This is the most powerful video I have ever seen a TH-cam channel cover. Absolutely heart breaking the suffering that people have endured. The amount of human genocide that humans have inflicted on each other is just sickening. Thank you so much for your work on this. Total respect.
Been watching you religiously for a few weeks now, seeing this has shown me a completely different side to you, you sir are a treasure and to go through that must have been tough, was a tough watch, hope youre all good mentally after that and keep up the good work. Youre the man!
Maybe it's the start of you judging ppl after you KNOW WHOM THEY BE , not judge on a comment on an issue you don't understand across the board , always has been more heart in jail than in society, spanian just amplified THAT POINT , never judge a man till you walk in his shoes , or an old school saying , I once whinged I had shit shoes till I met a boy with no fuckin feet , remember that
Portrayed the atrocities with grace and respect mate, and highlighted the incredible resilience and strength of the Cambodian people. Important that these things are taught and shown. Thank you, and thank you for being vulnerable too.
seeing a grown man who spent most of his life in prison cry is just heartbreaking, these kids had families and friends, and now they're gone, gone but never forgotten!
Mad respect to Spanian for sharing his emotions during this. Lads come a long way, love to see it. Great content, although it’s so sad it’s important to learn from history
Amazing video mate❤ Last year I went to Cambodia to teach English to kids over there and the Khmer people are so real and genuine. You cannot fathom the horrors that these beautiful people have endured, and how much each family has suffered. I hope this video brings a lot more awareness to what happened in Cambodia. Thankyou for covering this Span🕊️🇰🇭
@joshfuller5917 I'm not proud that my grandmother was raped, our culture hidden, seen to be not worthy. Weren't allowed to say we were, until she died in 2017.. I don't want to go into it, but it's nothing to be proud of.
My grandparents and my parents always talking to me about their experiences of the Khmer kraham (Khmer rouge) making me understand, learning more of my history, culture and the customs. To be able to love my family and my own family homeland. Making me realize how I am so lucky to be alive to live and being lucky to come from a family of survivors. If it weren’t for them I wouldn’t be here. Thank you for sharing and taking me through this journey of watching this video. I am able to fully appreciate it for what I have and being more educated about my family history. I’ve been born and raised in America my whole life. Watching this video gives me the motivation and to be able to have an eye opener to one day to visit my families mainland that they had to sacrifice for their own lives just for their next generations. To be able to past on their history n stories.
I'm 42. They never mentioned anything about this in school. I'd never heard of any of this until seeing this. I'm in tears and probably won't forget what I've just seen for so long, but thankyou so much for this spanian.
“The only difference between being uninformed and misinformed is that one is your choice and the other is theirs” This world is controlled by the worst of humans, they think they’re necessary.. The Khmer is just one chapter and flavour how many chapters never recorded?…
Spanian, WOW bro ive had to stop and resume this vid a few times now to clear the lump out my throat and wipe the eyes dry ... Something all those lives never had the chance to do ... Thankyou for sharing this and your tears with us all ... Love your content mate keep up the grind .... Big Love Bro
Span, if this didn't open everybody's eyes to the pure and gentle heart you are, this is it. Very emotional video and I felt every moment with you. God bless you. You are on the path. Much love from your land of Aus brother.
thank you for this, i was there a few months ago. i went to killing field first then S 21.i couldn't stay as long as you i was crying so much. i could not face seeing anything more. thanks
It's so important for online personalities to release videos like this and show this side of humanity. I strongly believe that in order to enjoy life and what it has to offer it's important to visit places like this to understand where humanity has been and what it's capable of. I visited Auchwitz and had the exact same reaction as Spanian did here... Going into it I had read everything about it, watched every documentary and film that you could think of. But nothing prepares you for the physical experience of going to a place like this. Actually being there and sitting with it - taking in the surroundings and trying to possibly understand how such atrocities could happen.
This video gave me straight chill. Been subbed to you for awhile now. Never seen you cry. To have that empathy and emotion over this situation really makes this one of those videos you have to watch a few times to truly get the full picture of everything that’s going on. Lots of respect for you brother!!!
This was a heavy watch. Thank you for making this video as sad and confronting as it is to shed some light on the horrific events that happened during pol pots regime. Keep up the great work lad
Brother Spanian that was a powerful up mate. You reading the rules of the prison, your reaction to it was as authentic and as real as it gets. no one will be surprised at your empathy for the victims either nor you ability to uncover these tragic stories. Says everything right there man. The deep depths of depravity that we are capablle of doing to each other is mindblowing. Knowing this is possible puts us all on guard. All in the name of an idea that on the surface made sense. You showed your vulnerability and humanity here and everyone thanks you for being you. Kindest Regards, History
This episode was filled filled with compassion and empathy...much love brother. You may have gone through tough situations, but this shows heart, your a man with pure heart.....may the gods bless you mate...
So incredibly sad 😢😢😢 Thankyou, Spanion for this very hard vlog - Our youth need to know history and show more gratitude for the life they have now ❤❤❤
That was so so hard to watch, what you are doing and the way your journalism is evolving is second to none. Your raw emotion was heartfelt and watching what happened to those poor people was gut wrenching. Anthony keep doing what you are doing mate you are inspirational
Fucking hell that was a tough watch. Appreciate you giving insight into something where me, an australian who doesnt have the ability to travel outside the country can see whats happened and live the experience through someone else
Thank you Spanian for this video. I hope this will be an eye opener to viewers of how much luckier most of us living our lives than others and appreciate what we have and where we are. Be grateful, be appreciative and be humble. It really isn’t hard to do. God bless you top lad.
I went to Cambodia first in 1999. There were still piles of skulls on certain road intersections. Every person over the age of 40 had a look in their eyes that was haunting; they'd all been, in one way or another, deeply affected and intertwined in Pol Pots genocide. I went again in 2009 and the 'financial' improvements (thus the average human beings life) had improved. But yes m8, it's a brutal very recent history. It's harsh. It makes you wonder how Palestine/Israel will be in 5, 10, 15 years time....??? peace.
I visited the killing fields in 2017 I could not believe I was a young woman in my 20’s enjoying life and this was going on. I was the oldest person there. Good to see interest and awareness from younger generations around the world. Glad I went it’s very sympathetically done even though horrific. I made my own way around with headphones telling the story. I really did enjoy my time in Cambodia in particular a half day motorbike tour which took us to a Buddhist compound where we were blessed by one of the monks.and local villages and a local fresh food market. Our guide told us about being a young boy after this genocide. He was eating anything he could find in the ground. Certainly changes your perspectives about life.
I reccomend to anyone who goes to pay for the audio tour, I didn't want to be with a tour guide but I found the audio tour really helpful to explain the situation
This is one of the best videos you made. It broke my heart watching. Thankyou so much for making this kind of content with so much meaning. Helping to educate the greater community is so important in today's day and age. You're doing an incredible job, please keep it up.
Thank you for showing respect for those who suffered. It hits a lot harder when you're physically there and you know what people went through. None of them deserved what happened, may their memory prevent it from ever happening again.
Thanks. Knowing your history in prison etc and seeing how much emotion you showed and how it affected you made me want to give you a Super Thanks for the first time ever to anyone on TH-cam. God bless you Spanian. It’s sick and the world unfortunately won’t learn from it. Luv brother md HUGE respect lad. If you’re ever in Toowoomba QLD.. please reach out. I’ll put you up for the night.
In highschool in Aus we had to read First They Killed My Father. Written by a survivor of the Pol Pot regime which started and ended before she even turned 10. Most of her family were killed. It broke my heart a million times over and I have never forgotten her story.
This is going to open a lot of viewers eyes on how devastating the Khmer Rouge was, spanian is the goat!
@@kevinneuhaus2162The Khmer Rouge were both nationalists and Marxist’s with their own twist on both
He's an alright guy yeah, but Goat lol the fuck you on lad
Open your eyes brother
The goat, nah brother
@@kevinneuhaus2162 Just so you’re aware, USA contributed 215m dollars to rogue Khmer. Despite also being “against” them. This is yet another war fueled by the evil west.
In my final year of High School in Australia, I went on a school service trip to Cambodia, and part of the trip was visiting S21 and the killings fields in our first week. Our tour guide who we had for the first four days of the trip, whose name was PK, was a great guy who was happy and cheerful the entirety of the time we had him.
His uplifting and spirited behavior even continued when we were at S21, however once we entered the prison block with the room full of photos of victims, his demeanor changed. Passing into one of the rooms, he abruptly stopped talking to us and began to gaze at one of the pictures. Shorty after looking at this particular photo of someone, he began to talk again, albeit through broken words and quiet sobbing.
Our tour guide, PK, was a prisoner of S21, and one of the photos on the wall was a picture of his cousin who had been killed right in front of him during this time. After he moved on we all quickly looked at this photo (and many of the other photos were of a similar nature). This body, starved, abused, mutilated, void of any humanity left. Every bone in his body was tightly wrapped around dirty and punctured skin. Hundreds of bodies covered in scars, bruises, and marks of violence. The atmosphere of our entire group was utterly traumatized for the rest of the week and I still think back to the sound of him crying.
Once back on our bus, he further explained that he survived due to his ability to fix the typewriters that the prison guards and other members of the Khmer Rouge used. As such, they kept him alive until eventually he escaped from S21 when Vietnam invaded.
Another couple of details to add to the killing fields: towards the right side of the main memorial are a set of sugar palm trees. PK told us that Khmer Rouge soldiers would collect these leaves and slash victims throats (as their leaves are very sharp), amongst many other methods of killing via blunt force trauma or knives as a means to save on ammunition.
As briefly seen at 38:30, almost every skull had coloured stickers on specific locations of the skull to denote a range of info from the age of the victim to the method of their death, to even the number of times they were attacked. It would also be an understatement to say that many skulls had numerous stickers on them, indicating that they were attacked several times by several different methods of force.
Thank you very much Spanian for publishing this video in such a professional, considerate and informative manner. Watching this brought back many memories of my trip in Cambodia, including all the people that I met over there.
Feel so bad man😢😢
He was one of only 12 known survivors of S21.
Of the 18,145 documented prisoners, 18,133 were killed.
Vietnam did not invade cambodia bitch
Thank you so much for sharing. I hope PK can find peace. You telling PK’s story is how we can all remember what these innocent people went through. God bless you
Insane stuff, thanks for sharing dude. Curious, do you know if by chance your guide was one of the people pictured in the mural at 10:24 ?
Im 38 y/o and this my first fkin time crying bout this bc my parents and older siblings were in one of the Khmer rouge camp. Sadly 2 of my siblings didnt survive. I appreciate you bro for reminding people of this evil that existed. 🙏💪
love n light 🙏
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Sorry my bro
Sorry my bro
Sorry my bro
It’s still crazy to think that this happened in the 1970s. I can’t imagine what my parents and grandparents went through so I could be here thriving. Thank you for bringing awareness to this part of history that most of the world doesn’t even know happened.
Juii RavenBlaze
U said that right !
My whole family escaped from the Cambodia war to Australia. Lucky to be here
GOD BLESS YOU AND FAMILY BROTHER...MUCH LOVE👍🙏
And Australia is lucky your family came 👍
So bloody glad you and your whole family are here in Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️ love from Adelaide south Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️
@@JulieIelasi-lt7yp thank you! They settled in Adelaide too :)
May good luck be with you ❤
This is simply the best piece of work that you have done on TH-cam. Your compassion and empathy was raw and sincere
It’s compassion that will save us. ❤
100%
@@andi515I agree
Agreed
Do you know the harm he’s done to other humans him self ?! He’s literally said he’s a psychopath multiple times. Never seen him make a video with his victims apologizing for stabbing and beating them up to the point they are in hospital close to death. But yeah lad give him praise for pretending to cry in a video.
This needs to be taught in schools…. This needs to be held at the same height as the Holocaust and Stalin regime.
I learned about this from you and thank you for doing the world a service by making this.
Yes true the Aboriginals have nothing to complain about.
your disgusting comparing two horrible histroical events and saying one is worse than the other why?@@christenedoering7720
@@christenedoering7720 ?
It's already built in schools don't worry 😢
It IS taught in schools. The reason people know of the holocaust more is because the then-victims still use it as defence for their genocidal acts right now.
My grandpa was a soldier for the khmer army and fought against the khmer rouge. My dad and grandma would go around flipping over dead bodies looking for grandpa. By the grace of god they were reunited. They were taken to a refugee camp, where my moms family was too, in thailand. My parents didnt know eachother at this time. By luck both parents were flown to the same city Oakland, Ca where they finally met and had me and my sister. Im so fucking thankful im alive right now. My grandpa is still alive at 95 today.
Thanks again for the vid Spanian much respect ❤🙏
Wow that’s amazing!! Glad you’re here with us, you and your family.
@@nette813 thank you!
Thank you. ❤ 😢
I think I’m going to cry again. I’m so sorry.
I’m so grateful for u all ❤
Spanian gets all the love from us Cambodians in Bonnyrigg, Cabramatta and Western Sydney! We couldn't wait for this video to drop! Cambodia all the way 🔥
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Cambodia not canbogania big difference mate 👀
@Stuckinthen9neties you having a bad day? Chill
@@Stuckinthen9netiesooooft who hurt you
@@Stuckinthen9netiescouldn’t agree more
Brother. I just watched this during smoko with couple lads.
Shed a tear.
We just packed up. I Told them all to go home and pick their kids up from school and hug them. 😢
Thanks for sharing bruz.
Now that's real I wish I had my mum and dad here brother 😢 😔
I met this lad, he was Cambodian and he was a translator for pol pot, he hated him with a passion, he got caught incorrectly translating to save a family members life, to save his own life for lying he had to run away to the jungle, he ended up living in the jungle for 4 years, this man was one of the most incredible human's i've ever known, we ended becoming good friends, his English wasn't great but after spending time with him we could have a yarn no worries, and they would blow your mind, I'd have to type for a week and I still don't know if I could do any of them justice.
Bro how longs your smoko no way you get 40 minutes for a smoke
@jeremymarra8844 hes probably a contractor or owns the bizz. Lunch usually goes 30 minutes with 2 15 minute breaks.
Calm down fan boy
On yah Spanian… as a bloke from western Sydney who thought he had it a little tough. This was humbling. Cheers
We're blessed here in Australia man, the world goes through pain everyday that we are so unaware of, everyday I tell myself I'm grateful. Can't imagine how scared these people would of been bro...horrific
They call him H. Carn they call him H. Carn 🎉🎉🎉🎉
It can be deceiving. But we are blessed. Western Sydney is not even bad. Go to the country outback and live there. Then you'll know hard in Aus.
Fancy seeing you here brother. Fifa prob clubs to TH-cam! Completey agree here bruv, this was heavy as. My cambo mates always used to tell us about it but we were too young to comprehend the gravity of it. Most of the 1st generation migrated here doing farming for 5-10 bucks an hour and were happy as hell. Always throwing parties, bbqs, drink ups and karaoke. Now I understand why
I was so moved when I saw you shed tears for my people. Your compassion means the world to us. Thank you for understanding our struggle and using your platform to bring awareness
Well said, Spanian. I visited in 2022, found the most devastating part was that the prisoners were told they were going home when they were driven out of the prison, so they left with a smile. Little did they know, they were being taken to the killing field. This led to all the other prisoners also thinking they too would get to go 'home'' one day. RIP to all lives lost.
I remember reading/ hearing this. So so sad.
..a very similar situation is occuring right now in Gaza, are ppl going to stop it, or will they cry about it in 47 years from now...after watching it on someone's travel vlog..???
And in Ukraine too@@chrisasterion5050
@@chrisasterion5050are you gonna go ?
@@chrisasterion5050 shut up about Gaza.
Real feelings, got rocked by the tears. I'm not crying you're crying. Nice work Spanian, appreciate you opening my eyes to this
Nah bro I've got something in my eye 😢
My parents also lived through this. It was something that they always avoided talking about. Most of my Fathers family were executed during this time. He only has his 2 sister and brother that survived. Most Cambodian Family's you meet will have similar stories We were the lucky few that were able to escape and relocate to the US. I is always hard to see these videos but I am glad it is shared. I vist Cambodia almost every year and I still haven't gotten myself to visit these sites.
Thank you for sharing. Love your Vlog.
Peace to you and your family bro
Same with me my grandpa and a lot more of family died to it I'm just lucky to live in Australia now
Your humanity is on display here brother. A great example for all men, be hard, be real, and remember you can have emotions.
A bloke who has heart isn’t just brave enough to step into the ring, he’s brave enough to encompass a man in all aspects including his empathy.
Much respect brother.
Mate, I think this might be your best video yet. Big respect for putting your emotions on camera, seeing a tough bloke be moved is moving in itself. Keep exploring lad.
Visiting these places in person and hearing the stories rocks you to your core... The killing fields, you still see human bone fragments scattered in the dirt. It's messed up.
💯 my neice visited, it changed her
@@maxfish4770 it's definitely not something for the faint of heart. Nothing really prepares you.
Went there last year, it's very heavy, makes you appreciate what you have. On the flip side cambodia is beautiful and the people are so friendly!
@@joshhowe3477 it's sad there is no freedom of speech still.
Yep. I'll never forget my visit there. Chilling to the core.
I’ve never left a comment on TH-cam before but I’ve watched every single bit of content that you ever put out and I mean every video, and short. This is hands down your best content and so insightful. Massive respect for your raw compassion and empathy. You’re smashing it Spanian, keep up the good work 🙏🏽❤️
No other way to put it ! this is truly something people need to learn and watch about
Comments help the algorithm bro no stopping now 😂
Its commenter like yourself who have pushed this video in the algorithm,,l thankyou
A boy that was part of a family that escaped the Cambodian killing fields was so plagued by hellish nightmares from being traumatised by the horrors of what he had seen that he instead did all he could to stay awake to avoid his nightmares, and this is actually what inspired Wes Craven to write Nightmare on Elm street.
Such a heart wrenching video to watch, fantastic journalism Spanian, keep it up brother!
i never knew that... that's horrifying
Wasn't that Laos? At least that's what I read.
Never thought i would see a strong man like you cry thanks for making me cry
The strongest of men are men who cry ❤
@@soundtravels4348💯 it's OK to be sad, it's OK to cry
There’s a video where he talks about his eldest son, he cries in that also.
The man’s heart is big ✨🙌🏻❤️
Even the strongest of men have a breaking point 😔 You know it’s bad bad when they do cry
Much appreciation to you for this video bro. My parents was forced to flee from this and lost my oldest brother during the struggle. We landed in NZ where they were able to start a new life. Will never take shit for granted
I'm so sorry.. >
My grandma also fled from there to the US but I also have family who fled to NZ aswell
Brother Spanian, it's amazing your compassion and your love for Cambodia and it's people.
My father is Cambodian and he still remembers the last time he saw his parents by the river. They told him to run and go as far away as possible. He walked 2 weeks until he reached Vietnam. Till this day he's never seen them or 9 of his 13 siblings ever again.
Watching this brought tears to my eyes, tears which for some reason I never had when I went to the museum myself. I think Cambodians hold in the pain very well, the darkness remains but we've learnt to be happy and appreciate what we now have.
My dad and family endured the hate and torture of the Khmer Rouge war. 😞 My dad doesn’t speak much about his life before coming to the states but you can see the pain in his eyes still to this day. The genocide that happened in Cambodia is one of the worst atrocities to ever happened on earth! Thank you for sharing this, Not to many people even know about the Khmer Rouge war. 🙏
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Spanyian , we know how huge your heart is , but your compassion runs just as deep .
Hat off to you lad , not many TH-camrs could pull this off , only that we know where you are from and where your going to.
Mad respect to you..
Twelve minutes into the video, I had to take a break and gather my thoughts.
I once worked with a guy who lost his parents in Cambodia in this era. I didn't understand a lot about it at the time, but I went home and did my research and it hit hard. The absolute devastation humanity is capable of doing to one another will never cease to shock us, and we must remain aware. As you said, it won't be the last time.
This is a great piece of work, bro.
i had to rake 5 breaks just to get fresh air n to think for a second
I’ve had it tough in life I always say after 15 years of hard drugs 3 years clean after a 12 day coma 2 brain surgeries my life is hard I’m 30 broke bla bla but after seeing this I can’t help but thank God for my life and the life I’ve had.. compared to what these poor kids and people went through my life is a blessing
Same bra... We have to fuken man up bra
perspective changes a lot for everyone brother and for all that a youtube comment is worth, I'm glad your still here with us learning and growing, taking each day as it comes. love ya, god bless.
@@TheDurphinator thanks bro much appreciated. Thank you for your kind words bro means much love bro.🙏
Who came here from the shorts
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The polar opposite of walking through that children’s prison to a bunch of kids in a van giving you the biggest smiles hit me in the feels 😭 the Khmer Rouge regime was so freakin brutal
You realize that emoticon is a smile, not a cry, right ?❤
@@Lilkfc3500People can cry happy tears too so I would say both...cheers
@@Lilkfc3500 dang that’s all you got from my comment, sorry fam updated
Nothing but respect for showing this Spanian. You're opening up the world to so many that won't have the chance to see it all. This is heavy, super heavy...
This one hits home ... There was a Cambodian family that was sponsored here which i grew up with in Bonnyrigg primary school i knew all the siblings and their parents ... They sponsored a couple man and women who ran away from Cambodia as the man was in the Khmer rouge but rebelled and got shot ... They made it over the Thailand border and eventually made it to Australia ... Their family born in Thailand raised in Australia and years later i met their eldest daughter ... Only to realise the the same Cambodian family i went to school with sponsored her parents ... We have been married for almost 15 years with 3 gorgeous children ... ❤️🔥🙏🏽
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So the man who rebelled was apart of those mass graves or he had nothing to do with them. was he part of those people who torture those kids
@@Gillieyt no ... he was forced into the khmer rouge but rebelled and refused to be apart of the killings ... him and others literally ran from the camps and were shot at ... he was shot and wounded others got killed ...
@@Kustom2170 I worked with a Cambodian guy who went to Bonnyrigg High School, he mentioned his parents had fled Cambodia back during those times but he didn't say much else about the past. I know he had older brothers who also went to Bonnyrigg High School. I wont say their surname but it was very unique name being one single letter of the alphabet and were well known around the Bonnyrigg area because of that. He was a really great bloke though, good worker, all round top bloke even though his family had been through really bad stuff in the past.
@@tolgahk84 Yea I know who you talkin bout ... I grew up with them in Bonnyrigg back in the day
A friend of mine survived the genocide. He never talked about it. All he once said to me was "The war took everything from me." He was such a kind person, but also very broken. I guess there are things you will never be able to recover from.
Your tears mean a lot to Cambodian and it wouldn’t go unnoticed and I love you just for that
Thankyou for showing S21 and the killing fields with the respect they deserve. I hope you managed to talk to the survivors too. You will never forget a trip to these places. What I can’t understand is even with everything that has happened even in our lifetimes - the genocide, the land mines the poverty. Cambodians are still some of the nicest people you will meet anywhere ever!
I will be heading over for Khmer new year this April and will be back again in December as I work voluntarily with an NGO doing a bunch of different stuff building houses, working in school, working on cattle farms. Cambodia is a magical place and I think you are finding that now. In the utter and total chaos and insanity in Cambodia I find peace I can’t find Australian. Thankyou for giving this piece of their history the respect it deserves but there is so much more yet to find. Have a blast mate
Respects to S21 Victims 🫡
Respect to the victims
respect to everyone of the victims of the khmer rouge
This video made me appreciate you so much, my family escaped from the khmer rouge as well and sometimes when things are tough I always remember what my parents and grandparents had to go through. Thanks for this video and showing your raw emotions.
My friend escaped the Khmer rouge and had to walk barefoot to Thailand stepping over bodies of children and adults all at the age of 8. She was one of the lucky ones. I liked spanian( Anthony) before for his great vids but now I admire you so much more for where you have been and where you are now. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Lad
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This is one of the most compassionate presentations I have ever seen. Well done, sir.
I'm part of the Cambo community in Alice Springs.. we have heaps of Cambodian families in the Alice that still feel the pain😢😢😢
Spanian all the way... the emotions are felt all the way through his voice. A solid bloke delving into a dark history of a beautiful country 😥😥😥😥😥
Thank u spanian for educating Ur viewers about my country, my dads side was also killed because they were teachers and professors, they killed all educated people so knowledge wasn't learnt, it's was very touching and i did had a tear run down my eyes, I was lucky not to go through it because my parents ran to Thailand refugee camp, and I was born in the refugee camp, my parents went through hell running away dodging gun fires bombs dropping, thank so much again spanian, I hope the viewers had a eye opener much love , cambodian people would love u dearly, u got a heart of gold , my u be blessed 1000 times
Literally just seen your comment on wayneo’s adventures yesterday on happy pizza video
@@AusRapArchive ohh really, Wayneo's a good dude
this is nothing compared to Mexico
@@evoids will my guy each country has their own bas thing, so I can understand wat Ur saying, y would I say something like that , anything like this to any country is horrible, wat is Ur point? Maybe spainian could do a episode in Mexico, and we all can see wat u guys went through, dumbest comment u said
@@evoids Have some respect man, it's not a competition on who's had it worst.
I'm an Australian living in Phnom Penh with my Australian husband and kids. We moved here 7 years ago, and love it. Thanks so much for educating your viewers on the atrocities and horrors of the KR genocide and sharing this video, its mental to think this happened a mere 40 odd years ago. So much respect for you. Generational trauma lives on in this country, but I am forever surprised by how forgiving, gentle, kind and generous Khmer people are, especially when their families often have so little and their beloved country was decimated. Thank you for visiting xx
2:23 My parent's immigrated from Cambodia to Australia and this is too true, didn't even know this happened until my I was like 9 when my teacher asked me if my parents went through it then during a school event she had managed to get my dad to speak of his experiences to the school, first time I learnt he had lost half his siblings during the time.
Damn, I feel kinda sorry for your Dad, it must be rough having people asking what it was like, bringing the painful memories to the forefront when he's just trying to enjoy his day, I know people don't intend it in a bad way but it's gotta be painful each time he has to tell it
Make sure he knows there are millions of people around the globe who are aware of the tragedy and are thinking about his family and the other victims for their courage to stand up against evil, in my mind, the Cambodian people who stood up against the Khmer Rouge are all heroes and even though they may have passed on, their bravery saved the whole of Cambodia
I don’t even have words tbh.. What a heavy burden your dad bore, absolutely tragic. I’m so sorry he had to go through such trauma and loss
I always wondered why viets and Cambodians were pretty close to eachother. Now I know why.
Spanian, I have watched the majority of your work over the last 2 years, this is a masterpiece. You pushed through, with empathy, compassion and respect. Well done you are making a wonderful contribution to this world.
POWERFUL brother...stay strong our hearts are the same, real men cry. Much LUV😮💨😮💨😮💨
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FACTS
..a very similar situation is occuring right now in Gaza, are ppl going to stop it, or will they cry about it in 47 years from now...after watching it on someone's travel vlog..???
@@chrisasterion5050 I've never heard of what happened in this video. it seems not many else have either. I have of Gaza, I see it every day on social media. many are protesting and aware of it, and trying. Two very different situations here
People cant visit gaza yet it's a warzone @chrisasterion5050
I am Khmer - Survived this horror and was lucky to go to Thailand Refugee Camp. I was raised in Canada - went back to live for 3 years in Cambodia 2013-2016. To get back with my roots. I appreciate your softness and kindness to my people. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your experience. Be Blessed.
Good to see how Spanian has grown so much as a person in the last 3 years.
His always been like this I was in jail with him back 2013 longbay and his always been this real he just knew using his talking and jail shit would get all the views and followers and now switching it up to be more like himself and show the real him cause his past the jail shit has been for years 💪
@@tron1879How have you been doing a decade later?
@@eddie1683 I finnished my sentence got out march 2016 was was still hanging out with bad influences and doing silly things here and there then lost my niece 2019 and that woke me up alot I stepped away from that life and started being a better father and got a job was going good then like 2yrs later after fully changing my life police came arrest me for fraud I did 2018 early 2019 so it's 2021 now arrested for old stuff I did years earlier and was shattered but I made my bed I had to sleep in it I ended up servo g 2yrs and got out 2023 I been out 8mths now I've finnished parole as of last month and also I'm the first person ever on parole run a program at parole for people on parole so I teach Aboriginal art and try talk people outa doing crime and learning more about culture and sharing positive messages like that so yeah I'm stoked with how I'm going alota people I know from jail can't get up and change and it sucks and I hope one day they will like when we was young it mighta been fun going against the police and stuck ups and that but when ya in ya 30s it's cringe hahahah so there's a lil bout me bro hope your living they life you want aswell 💪
the fact you shed a tear for the ones who survived and the ones who didn't is legit beautiful and to see that it did make u cry a bit is how serious all there suiations were lets ogge spainy good vid
I’m a 52 year old man and I cried please god bless theses people 🙏
"Theses" rhymes with cheeses and diseases it is not a word
@@123jethro you are very mature of a human being are you? trynna be that clown are ya? clap forthis little fella right here he might be needing that for his satisfaction.
Sorry
@@richiedoran6251 why are you sorry? I replied to the guy that replied to you sorry if you didnt see it dont be sorry man
I've been living in Cambodia for the past two years and have a khmer boyfriend, and this just breaks my heart. I have never cried so much knowing how beautiful the hearts of the Khmer people are, and their culture is so pure and amazing. It breaks my heart to see these types of things, and I am so happy to see people emotionally understand the pain the Cambodians have gone through. Keep spreading awareness of the world so younger generations can hopefully find this and see ❤
Thanks for sharing this with us. What an eye opener!!
Videos been out for 4 mins lad. What you watch?
You watched a 39min video in 7minutes, incredible
..a very similar situation is occuring right now in Gaza, are ppl going to stop it, or will they cry about it in 47 years from now...after watching it on someone's travel vlog..???
When history is forgotten, its doomed to repeat itself.
Well, think about Gaza. Some kids being shot in the neck by an Isra3li sniper or an early newborns being left behind in the hospital to rott because no electricity there for incubators. So many kids are buried alive under the rubble and the rest are left with PTSD. It's still happening to this day and western MSM (bought) is pushing the false narrative and spreading lies.
I did a school service trip in 2019 to Vietnam and Cambodia. The hardest legs of the trip was visiting an orphanage for disabled children affected by the agent orange chemical used in the war, and visiting the S21 prison and Killing Fields.
During my visits I didn’t show much raw emotion. Maybe because I was in real shock or cause I was with other students. But fuck man watching this video really brought it out of me.
Spanian, thank you for being real and making this video. This is a hidden part of history that is barely taught. Thank you for bringing more awareness
Genuinely moving. Thank you Spanian. Watching this makes me question my perspective and how I might approach my life day to day. How Horrible we can be. Hopefully we can also be kind just allow each other to get on and try find some peace. Respect and love to you and everyone else on Earth. ❤ life is short. Well done mate.
I'm so glad your raising awareness of what's gone on in Cambodia bro. Please, please keep doing what you're doing, you are reaching so many people with your openness and genuineness... And I fuuuucking love finishing work on my longest day to find a new episode.
Didn't cry until the 32nd minute... then I couldn't hold that back. This is one of the most real and raw docos I've watched brother.
Good on you for showing this, bro. People forget the horrendous things humans have done.
This is the best video you’ve put out. And so incredibly important. Thank you for doing this and thank you for showing it so raw and personal.
This really made me cry, Thank you for making this video and raising awareness for the despicable evil acts the Khmer people went through, my Mum older Sis and other family are survivors of Khmer Rouge. I’m very appreciate and thankful they escaped to the Thai boarder
My mum and dad fled the country from this when they were teenagers. I thank them everyday for the life I have here in Aus! Keep up the good work brother good bless.
That’s nothing short than amazing wish u all a happy forever after ❤
One of the best youtubers at the moment. Trying to keep it real and honest. Please keep going and show fun and sad things.
Normally as soon as I see a Spanian vid ill play it pretty much straight away. This one took me 2 weeks to finally watch it, I knew it would be rough but far out man, this was so much heavier than I was ever expecting. Worthy content mate, respectfully done indeed.
Absolute 10/10 quality content deep deep stuff I felt this one 🙏😞 keep doing your thing Spanian love from the UK 🇬🇧 , have a blessed life you and the family lad 🙏🧡🧡
This is the most powerful video I have ever seen a TH-cam channel cover. Absolutely heart breaking the suffering that people have endured. The amount of human genocide that humans have inflicted on each other is just sickening. Thank you so much for your work on this. Total respect.
Been watching you religiously for a few weeks now, seeing this has shown me a completely different side to you, you sir are a treasure and to go through that must have been tough, was a tough watch, hope youre all good mentally after that and keep up the good work. Youre the man!
Maybe it's the start of you judging ppl after you KNOW WHOM THEY BE , not judge on a comment on an issue you don't understand across the board , always has been more heart in jail than in society, spanian just amplified THAT POINT , never judge a man till you walk in his shoes , or an old school saying , I once whinged I had shit shoes till I met a boy with no fuckin feet , remember that
@nicko4756 How did you manage to completely misinterpret that, that bad. From what I've seen, not much brings spanian to tears.
This was extremely moving to watch. Thank you brother
Had me I'm tears.. Definitely puts things into perspective for me. Thank you for being authentically you, absolutely heartbreaking!
I just cried and cried. Those pictures of children
Brother best vlog.
Showing a real man has emotions.
Love your work all the way from New Zealand
Portrayed the atrocities with grace and respect mate, and highlighted the incredible resilience and strength of the Cambodian people. Important that these things are taught and shown. Thank you, and thank you for being vulnerable too.
seeing a grown man who spent most of his life in prison cry is just heartbreaking, these kids had families and friends, and now they're gone, gone but never forgotten!
Mad respect to Spanian for sharing his emotions during this. Lads come a long way, love to see it. Great content, although it’s so sad it’s important to learn from history
Amazing video mate❤ Last year I went to Cambodia to teach English to kids over there and the Khmer people are so real and genuine. You cannot fathom the horrors that these beautiful people have endured, and how much each family has suffered. I hope this video brings a lot more awareness to what happened in Cambodia. Thankyou for covering this Span🕊️🇰🇭
How do humans think to hurt kids, very sad to see this and happening right now is crazy!
We need more love in this world.
Bro, aboriginals, my ancestors were raped, poisoned, water and food.
Women, children and shot, right up till the 70s when I was born.
@@CrazyWhiteVanDriverthey’re still doing stuff to everyone now 💉
@joshfuller5917 I'm not AustALIEN. I'm Wiradjuri man.
Not ab-original, not indigenous, not native.
I'm Wiradjuri man. My blood is AbbA.
@joshfuller5917 nope.
Certainly not proud.
What's there to be proud of.
What's working got to do with anything?
@joshfuller5917 I'm not proud that my grandmother was raped, our culture hidden, seen to be not worthy. Weren't allowed to say we were, until she died in 2017..
I don't want to go into it, but it's nothing to be proud of.
My grandparents and my parents always talking to me about their experiences of the Khmer kraham (Khmer rouge) making me understand, learning more of my history, culture and the customs. To be able to love my family and my own family homeland. Making me realize how I am so lucky to be alive to live and being lucky to come from a family of survivors. If it weren’t for them I wouldn’t be here. Thank you for sharing and taking me through this journey of watching this video. I am able to fully appreciate it for what I have and being more educated about my family history. I’ve been born and raised in America my whole life. Watching this video gives me the motivation and to be able to have an eye opener to one day to visit my families mainland that they had to sacrifice for their own lives just for their next generations. To be able to past on their history n stories.
I'm 42. They never mentioned anything about this in school. I'd never heard of any of this until seeing this. I'm in tears and probably won't forget what I've just seen for so long, but thankyou so much for this spanian.
That's why you educate yourself.
“The only difference between being uninformed and misinformed is that one is your choice and the other is theirs”
This world is controlled by the worst of humans, they think they’re necessary..
The Khmer is just one chapter and flavour how many chapters never recorded?…
Same! I feel so embarrassed 😢
I know they didn’t mention these evil acts at my school either, it’s too traumatising for kids to see that’s why. 😮💔
Spanian, WOW bro ive had to stop and resume this vid a few times now to clear the lump out my throat and wipe the eyes dry ... Something all those lives never had the chance to do ... Thankyou for sharing this and your tears with us all ... Love your content mate keep up the grind .... Big Love Bro
Span, if this didn't open everybody's eyes to the pure and gentle heart you are, this is it. Very emotional video and I felt every moment with you. God bless you. You are on the path. Much love from your land of Aus brother.
thank you for this, i was there a few months ago. i went to killing field first then S 21.i couldn't stay as long as you i was crying so much. i could not face seeing anything more. thanks
Seriously mate. I commend you on this video. I have no words. Pure raw emotion. Respect
It's so important for online personalities to release videos like this and show this side of humanity. I strongly believe that in order to enjoy life and what it has to offer it's important to visit places like this to understand where humanity has been and what it's capable of.
I visited Auchwitz and had the exact same reaction as Spanian did here... Going into it I had read everything about it, watched every documentary and film that you could think of. But nothing prepares you for the physical experience of going to a place like this. Actually being there and sitting with it - taking in the surroundings and trying to possibly understand how such atrocities could happen.
This video gave me straight chill. Been subbed to you for awhile now. Never seen you cry. To have that empathy and emotion over this situation really makes this one of those videos you have to watch a few times to truly get the full picture of everything that’s going on. Lots of respect for you brother!!!
This was a heavy watch. Thank you for making this video as sad and confronting as it is to shed some light on the horrific events that happened during pol pots regime.
Keep up the great work lad
Brother Spanian that was a powerful up mate. You reading the rules of the prison, your reaction to it was as authentic and as real as it gets. no one will be surprised at your empathy for the victims either nor you ability to uncover these tragic stories. Says everything right there man.
The deep depths of depravity that we are capablle of doing to each other is mindblowing. Knowing this is possible puts us all on guard. All in the name of an idea that on the surface made sense.
You showed your vulnerability and humanity here and everyone thanks you for being you.
Kindest Regards,
History
This episode was filled filled with compassion and empathy...much love brother. You may have gone through tough situations, but this shows heart, your a man with pure heart.....may the gods bless you mate...
So incredibly sad 😢😢😢
Thankyou, Spanion for this very hard vlog - Our youth need to know history and show more gratitude for the life they have now ❤❤❤
Thank you for filming this and spreading this awareness
That was so so hard to watch, what you are doing and the way your journalism is evolving is second to none. Your raw emotion was heartfelt and watching what happened to those poor people was gut wrenching. Anthony keep doing what you are doing mate you are inspirational
Fucking hell that was a tough watch. Appreciate you giving insight into something where me, an australian who doesnt have the ability to travel outside the country can see whats happened and live the experience through someone else
This is one of the hardest videos i’ve had to watch, Seeing the photos of the children completely broke me🥺 Big ups Spanian, you a real one for this💯
Thank you for putting this up .....we learn so much from such horrendous acts.....so sad.
Spanian please create more vids like this. Extremely powerful commentary, you educate in a way that is accessible and from the heart.
Thank you Spanian for this video. I hope this will be an eye opener to viewers of how much luckier most of us living our lives than others and appreciate what we have and where we are.
Be grateful, be appreciative and be humble. It really isn’t hard to do.
God bless you top lad.
I went to Cambodia first in 1999. There were still piles of skulls on certain road intersections. Every person over the age of 40 had a look in their eyes that was haunting; they'd all been, in one way or another, deeply affected and intertwined in Pol Pots genocide. I went again in 2009 and the 'financial' improvements (thus the average human beings life) had improved. But yes m8, it's a brutal very recent history. It's harsh. It makes you wonder how Palestine/Israel will be in 5, 10, 15 years time....??? peace.
I visited the killing fields in 2017 I could not believe I was a young woman in my 20’s enjoying life and this was going on. I was the oldest person there. Good to see interest and awareness from younger generations around the world. Glad I went it’s very sympathetically done even though horrific. I made my own way around with headphones telling the story. I really did enjoy my time in Cambodia in particular a half day motorbike tour which took us to a Buddhist compound where we were blessed by one of the monks.and local villages and a local fresh food market. Our guide told us about being a young boy after this genocide. He was eating anything he could find in the ground. Certainly changes your perspectives about life.
I reccomend to anyone who goes to pay for the audio tour, I didn't want to be with a tour guide but I found the audio tour really helpful to explain the situation
I agree.i chose to do the audio tour instead of the tour guide. Better experience in my opinion
@@ZEROtwoFOUR93 I didn't want a bunch of strangers watching me cry the whole way through 🤣
This is one of the best videos you made. It broke my heart watching. Thankyou so much for making this kind of content with so much meaning. Helping to educate the greater community is so important in today's day and age. You're doing an incredible job, please keep it up.
Thank you for showing respect for those who suffered. It hits a lot harder when you're physically there and you know what people went through. None of them deserved what happened, may their memory prevent it from ever happening again.
I’m 37 and never learned about this in school, what an important, heart breaking vlog.. thank you brother
Tissues were needed for this episode was crying with you thanks for sharing ❤
Thanks. Knowing your history in prison etc and seeing how much emotion you showed and how it affected you made me want to give you a Super Thanks for the first time ever to anyone on TH-cam. God bless you Spanian. It’s sick and the world unfortunately won’t learn from it. Luv brother md HUGE respect lad. If you’re ever in Toowoomba QLD.. please reach out. I’ll put you up for the night.
In highschool in Aus we had to read First They Killed My Father. Written by a survivor of the Pol Pot regime which started and ended before she even turned 10. Most of her family were killed. It broke my heart a million times over and I have never forgotten her story.
Unimaginable suffering. Thank you for sharing. Rest in peace