Feature: Exhibition at LJCC, Ivy House - “Cambodia: Reflections of the Khmer Rouge”
Published: 28 January 2010
by KATTY PEARCE
THE brutal rule of the Khmer Rouge is being remembered at the London Jewish Cultural Centre this week. An exhibition of photographs from Cambodia portraying life under Pol Pot’s tyranny is one of a number of events the centre is hosting to raise international awareness of genocide to honour National Holocaust Memorial Day.
“Cambodia: Reflections of the Khmer Rouge” exposes graphic evidence of Pol Pot’s regime when approximately two million people were killed. Written testimony from survivors is displayed next to photographs of victims and perpetrators.
Ilana Winterstein has co-curated the exhibition. “We chose the LJCC as a venue because we wanted to link the exhibition to Holocaust Memorial Day,” she said. “At this time of remembrance it is important that we also remember the victims of other man-made atrocities in order that the diktat ‘Never again’ may one day become a reality.”
l• The exhibition is at Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, Golders Green, NW11, until February 17. Mondays and Wednesdays 10am-4pm, Thursdays 3-6pm. Free admission. 020 8457 5000