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Location: Buon Ma Thuot Penitentiary is
located in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province.
Characteristics: Buon Ma Thuot Penitentiary for Vietnamese patriots was
widened and built more concretely from 1900 to 1930 on the base of a prison.
Nowadays in this exciting Buon Ma Thuot City, many young people are probably
surprised when they are told that over 50 years ago the city was thinly
populated, surrounded by great wild jungle and considered as unwholesome jungle,
malarial water, few people in plains wanted to set their steps on this place. At
that time, there was a penitentiary (special jail for political prisoners) where
had many cruel measures applied by French colonialist. If visitors want to learn
about the area, the people here, they cannot help visiting this historic vestige
classified by the Government. At this penitentiary, they are told stories about
glorious revolutionary tradition of former communists. Buon Ma Thuot
Penitentiary is not only a crime evidence of French colonialism but also a
significant training school of many persistent revolutionists of Vietnam such
as: Ho Tung Mau, Phan Dang Luu, Nguyen Chi Thanh, To Huu, Hong Chuong, Bui San,
Tran Van Quang, Ngo Duc De and a lot of talent revolutionists all the country.
Buon Ma Thuot Penitentiary played a great important role in the August
Revolution in Dak Lak. The communists who were put into this penitentiary became
men of sowing revolutionary seeds on the highland. Presently, coming to Buon Ma
Thuot Penitentiary, visitors will witness such cruel evidences of French
colonialist. Thereby, visitors will think of the penitentiary under the former
cruel and hard regime as a hell of French colonialist. When the time passes by,
those evidences still impress deeply in everybody�s mind. During visitors�
visitation, they will surely grieve, thrill because of observing many bilious as
well as more admire manly revolutionists who were no afraid of sacrifice,
resolvedly defeated their enemy and contributed to disenthralling of nation.
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