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Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum holds the clothes of thousands who were killed in the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN:\u003cbr/\u003e              The memory of the Khmer Rouge's many torture victims is being kept alive through a special conservation project. \u003cbr/\u003e              Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum holds the clothes of thousands who were killed in the Cambodian genocide in the late 1970's.\u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE: \u003cbr/\u003e              These gates once belonged to a school in the heart of Phnom Penh.\u003cbr/\u003e              The building became a torture centre when the communist Khmer Rouge took power and tortured as many as seventeen thousand men, women and children before putting them to death.\u003cbr/\u003e              In it's latest incarnation as a museum, it is a popular tourist attraction where thousands come every week to learn about the macabre history of Cambodia first-hand.   \u003cbr/\u003e              Much of the museum is preserved as it was found in 1979, but time is now taking it's toll, particularly on organic items like the clothing of former prisoners.\u003cbr/\u003e              Until now they've been stored in cardboard boxes in a forgotten cellar.    \u003cbr/\u003e              Textile experts say without urgent action what is left of the clothing will be destroyed by the humidity, heat, dust and insects.\u003cbr/\u003e                \u003cbr/\u003e              Textile conservator Julia Brennan has in the past been commissioned to preserve many glamorous and historic pieces of clothing.\u003cbr/\u003e              She's handled a kimono belonging to Babe Ruth, soul singer James Brown's jumpsuit and 15th century Flemish tapestries.\u003cbr/\u003e              Brennan's new task is very different.\u003cbr/\u003e              In a former classroom where prisoners were once held, Brennan and her joint US and Cambodian team members have begun efforts to document and preserve the garments left by the dead.\u003cbr/\u003e              The work is being done with a $55,000 grant from the U.S. Embassy. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Clothing tends to be forgotten,\" says Brennan. \"It's the…it's the ordinary everyday thing that you wear and then you throw away. So people don't look at the clothing as the important thing, they look at the documents and the bones but the clothing tell the most personal of the stories and they're the most recognisable. You're not going to necessarily cry or have memories when you see a skull but when you see a skirt that's the same pattern as your mother, then that's going to bring these memories that are so palpable and are so powerful.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              Tuol Sleng has some compelling and macabre artifacts, including torture devices and displays of skulls. \u003cbr/\u003e              Among the most haunting displays is a group of photos of the former inmates here. \u003cbr/\u003e              They are an example of the meticulous record-keeping ordered by the Khmer Rouge commander Duch, who in 2012 was sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity, murder, and torture.\u003cbr/\u003e              Only a small amount of victim's clothing is displayed today, the most urgent task now is to register and preserve what remains.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So this is a drawer where we keep a few selected textiles here in our workroom in the conservation lab,\" explains Brennan. \"And these are examples from children. And this is a little tiny pink dress. You can imagine who this might have belonged to. It has a lot of degradation on it…and dirt and soiling, but it tells a story of one of the children who died.\"      \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Little corduroy shorts belonging to a little boy. You can see there's a tag that says 'Bears' so it was a a brand maybe back in the 50's or 60's, 70's. And all the little white dots on it are crushed insects. You can see the corrosion on the belt, on the snap.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e              Kong Kuntheary, who works at the National Museum in Phnom Penh, has joined the team to learn the skills needed to preserve the clothing.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"These clothes belonged to the prisoners held by the Khmer Rouge and it's very important evidence - for all of humanity, not just for Cambodians - to help show everybody what happened because it's the only evidence that remains\" she says.   \u003cbr/\u003e              The first step to preserving the former prisoners clothing is to throughly dry them out. \u003cbr/\u003e              The items are put into plastic storage boxes with a desiccant, in this case pellets normally used in the agriculture industry.\u003cbr/\u003e              These reduce relative humidity or RH, which is very high in the tropics causing mildew and mould.\u003cbr/\u003e              Brennan said she developed this system during her work in Rwanda.\u003cbr/\u003e              She was asked to conserve clothing found at a church where, in 1994, more than 10,000 people were slaughtered as they sought shelter from murderous mobs from a rival tribe.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We loaded this box with a lot of the small bags for carrying grenades and guns and water containers, made of cotton canvas,\" says Brennan. \"And the RH at that point was at about 60. And three hours later we can see that the RH on the top is 31 and at the bottom is 39. So it's dropped already 25 to 30 percent.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Later the clothes are cleaned with a vacuum cleaner, or a soft brush but they are never washed so the dirt, stains and particles from the past are retained.\u003cbr/\u003e              Next the clothes are tagged and photographed and entered into the official archive before being properly stored to preserve them for the future.  \u003cbr/\u003e              Team member Kho Chenda, who works at the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, will continue Brennan's work when she leaves Cambodia.  \u003cbr/\u003e              She says: \"I am very concerned that if these prisoners clothes are not properly preserved they could be further damaged by the dust and the insects,\" she says. \"But if we keep them well - despite the clothes being in a poor condition - we can at least stop them from being further damaged and we can conserve them for the future.\"     \u003cbr/\u003e              Brennan and her colleagues will depart Cambodia in a few weeks leaving the care of the former prisoners clothes in the hands of newly trained Cambodian staff who will continue the work.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Phnom Penh, Cambodia - 7 February 2018  \u003cbr/\u003e              1. Wide of original entrance of Toul Sleng Genocide Museum\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Close up of sign: 'GENOCIDE'\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Wide of former school building\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Wide of visitors sitting on benches\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Wide of people working in former classroom seen through window with iron bars.\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Close tilt down from woman's face to hands sewing\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Close up of woman's face\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Wide of woman addressing people seated around a table.\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Julia Brennan, textile conservator\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Clothing tends to be forgotten. It's the ordinary everyday thing that you wear and then you throw away. So people don't look at the clothing as the important thing, they look at the documents and the bones, but the clothing tells the most personal of the stories and they're the most recognisable. You're not going to necessarily cry or have memories when you see a skull, but when you see a skirt that's the same pattern as your mother's, then that's going to bring these memories that are so palpable and are so powerful.\"     \u003cbr/\u003e              10. Wide of people looking at a display of prisoner's photographs \u003cbr/\u003e              11. Various of photographs on wall \u003cbr/\u003e              12. Mid prisoners clothes in display case \u003cbr/\u003e              13. UPSOUND: (English), Julia Brennan, textile conservator (opening clothes drawer)\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So this is a drawer where we keep a few selected textiles here in our workroom in the conservation lab. And these are examples from children. And this is a little tiny pink dress. You can imagine who this might have belonged to. It has a lot of degradation on it…and dirt and soiling, but it tells a story of one of the children who died.\"      \u003cbr/\u003e              14. Close up of pink dress.\u003cbr/\u003e              15. UPSOUND: (English), Julia Brennan, textile conservator (speaks while holding up a pair of child's shorts)\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Little corduroy shorts belonging to a little boy. You can see there's a tag that says 'Bears', so it was a a brand maybe back in the 50's or 60's, 70's. And all the little white dots on it are crushed insects. You can see the corrosion on the belt, on the snap.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e              16. Mid of Kong Kuntheary sitting and writing \u003cbr/\u003e              17. SOUNDBITE: (Khmer), Kong Kuntheary, spokesman, National Museum Phnom Penh.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"These clothes belonged to the prisoners held by the Khmer Rouge and it's very important evidence for all of humanity, not just for Cambodians, to help show everybody what happened because it's the only evidence that remains.\"   \u003cbr/\u003e              18. Wide of man and woman sorting through box of clothes in cellar\u003cbr/\u003e              19. Mid of bags of beads\u003cbr/\u003e              20. Close pan of beads \u003cbr/\u003e              21. UPSOUND: (English), Julia Brennan, textile conservator\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We loaded this box with a lot of the small bags for carrying grenades and guns and water containers, made of cotton canvas. And the RH (relative humidity) at that point was at about 60. And three hours later we can see that the RH on the top is 31 and at the bottom is 39. So it's dropped already 25 to 30 percent.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              22. Women going through clothes checklist for mould, tear stains, holes, creases and brittle fabric  \u003cbr/\u003e              23. Mid of woman cleaning clothing through a wire mesh with a vacuum cleaner\u003cbr/\u003e              24. Close up of vacuum cleaner head\u003cbr/\u003e              25. Wide of women working with clothes\u003cbr/\u003e              26. Mid of a woman writing on a clothing tag \u003cbr/\u003e              27. Mid shot through iron bars in window of women working on clothes\u003cbr/\u003e              28. Wide of woman standing on a chair and taking a photo of a pair of shorts  \u003cbr/\u003e              29. SOUNDBITE: (Khmer) Kho Chenda, staff member, Toul Sleng Genocide Museum\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I am very concerned that if these prisoners clothes are not properly preserved they could be further damaged by the dust and the insects. But if we keep them well. despite the clothes being in a poor condition, we can at least stop them from being further damaged and we can conserve them for the future.\"     \u003cbr/\u003e              30. 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