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Hỏa Lò Prison (Maison Centrale)

Name: Hỏa Lò Prison (Maison Centrale)
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1. Train Street, Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum loop from Nguyễn Trung Trực

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Maik

January 13, 2019

The prison "Maison Central" was built in 1904 by the French when Vietnam was part of Indochina under French colonial rule. Most of his prisoners at the time were political agitators and Vietnamese resistance fighters.

During the Vietnam War, the building served the North Vietnamese as a prison for American prisoners of war, notably American pilots. Following the Hilton Hotels was the ironic name of American prisoners of war for the institution "Hanoi Hilton".

The Vietnamese called the prison "Hỏa Lò", which translates as "burning furnace".

The former prison is only partially preserved and is now a museum and a memorial.

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Matto

December 7, 2023

The "Hanoi Hilton" is also known from survivors such as John McCain and Robinson Risner, who described this place in gory detail, or from the films "The Hanoi Hilton". The prison exhibits focus on the sufferings of Vietnamese revolutionaries who were imprisoned (and sometimes executed) here when the French were masters of Vietnam in the early 20th century.

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MichaelC

March 14, 2023

Exhibition of the use of the French built prison to subdue opposition to their occupation and then by the Viet to hold American POWs. History is written by the victorious.

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Hỏa Lò Prison (Maison Centrale)

1. Train Street, Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum loop from Nguyễn Trung Trực

2. Turtle Tower, Hoan Kiem Lake – Hanoi Train Street loop from Long Biên

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