Tan Hiep Jail

Tan Hiep jail ( the Training Center Bien Hoa ) , the ancient village of Tan Phong , Vinh Phuoc General , Chief of Phuoc , Phuoc Long Government , Bien Hoa town , is located on Highway 1 , Tan Tien Ward , how Bien Hoa city center approximately 1km to the west .

As one of the six largest prison of South Vietnam and the South East 's biggest prison , built in important military location , language project northeast of Bien Hoa . Ahead is Highway 1 ; behind the railroad north - south . This is the isolated location , convenient transportation , easy to protect , guard , received prison from elsewhere and transferred prisoners to Con Dao , Phu Quoc .

Tan Hiep jail located on the sandy lowlands have 36.000m2 area , surrounded by two layers tremble barbed wire and watchtowers system ( bunkers ) solidly . The guard towers 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 is equipped with machine gun , a modern weapon at the time. State prison employees have been called according to 7 letters A , B , C , D , E , G and women's prisons ( external camp ) . In particular , farms D , E , G and foreign is where detention camp of revolutionaries , loyal Communist Party members and fellow patriots , these camps are managed closely and treated , the more draconian other camps . Originally called " correctional center " but in fact this is the interrogation room , tortured with the most modern equipment of the time . Each prison has an area of ​​200m2 but detained from 300-400 people , sometimes up to a thousand people .

On 2/12/1956 , a consensus of inter- Eastern Provincial Committee , Communist soldiers in prison Tan united under the leadership of Mr. Nguyen Trong Tam ( center Saturday ) - In charge of the prison and Party some other comrades were suddenly made ​​a break shackles collective liberation comrades , fellow patriots , this event has stirred the Pentagon .

Insurgents , bandits broke examination enemy gun , returned to the Party , the people will be an extremely tough fights , tough and fierce , inevitable sacrifice , loss . But people are determined to fight for the liberation ideals homeland , liberate people from the cruel hands of the U.S. - the puppet .

Yes 17 hours 45 minutes , direct hit when soldiers tell gong back into the camp inmates volunteered chants rang through the prison . Teams with 4 bow shock simultaneously hit the predetermined targets .

Nose first , by Mr. Ta Quang Huy commanders gun attack at the warehouse , open crossings Highway 1 .

Nose 2nd , comrade and comrade Lem Mine hit the arsenal commander , robbed of enemy guns given to other soldiers assault and ran behind enemy control run prison in the blockhouse No. 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , to brother ran from the prison gate safety .

Nose 3rd , led by Mr. Nguyen Van Luy (ie two comrades Communication ) and Mr. Phan Van Romans from the camp commander simultaneously hit E arsenals and the office of the prison board .

Nose 4th , led by Mr. Pham and Mr. Gravel still hit the commander of the camp commander , at the same time Mr. Ho Phuoc Nhon ( Ho Thao ) and eight comrades were shovel cut off all power lines no phone in jail for contacting us please spend outside the hospital . At the same time Mr. Tran Van Luc ( In force ) , is responsible for the prison open , the group ran from the camp to the community as a broken dam , running through Highway 1 , towards the stadium , madhouse , over the incision radiate deep and directions .

Two enemy bunkers at No. 1 and No. 7 medium used inter pumped out towards the gate and outside the gridiron , the political direction of the running range . Under heavy bullets of the enemy , some brothers out after gunshot injuries and died almost 30 people , scattered before the gates , the gridiron and coastal streams . Comrade Phan Van Ro is both ingenious commander was both a shock brave soldiers , comrades fought to the last breath . Before sacrifice , he was trying to get up to tell his teammates : " Thanks to the message with Party comrades , with people , I have completed the task ." Poet , journalist, Communist Party members loyal Yangtze Jiang also seriously injured and sacrifice .

New search revolts Agreement dated 02.12.1956 occur within 40 minutes , had been freed 462 workers , received more than 40 types of guns as human resources and material resources valuable complement movement At the start of this post .

New jail union has now become a historical mark uprising , determined to escape from prison empire , returned to the party and the people to continue fighting for national liberation .

Tan Hiep jail by the Ministry of Culture - Information historic ranked nationally according 2754/QD-BT Decision dated 15.10.1994 .

Where fire test gold

The story is full of blood and tears of former prisoners had been detained in prison Tan Hiep indictment heinous crimes denounced by the U.S. regime - camouflage . Thus , the prison land sale is guilty of the history , the people .

Every time listening to " jail Tan Hiep " ( Tan Tien Ward , Bien Hoa City , Dong Nai province ) , wife Le Thi Sen - Mr. Nguyen Van Thang , two former political prisoners detained dozens each year in here , as I suddenly just gone through a nightmare . Time on his grandparents carry the deadly disease - the result of beatings during interrogations in prison .

Our conversation started a few minutes because she had to finish slugs - he won the election sobbing whenever I recall those years in prison Tan Hiep . Tears ran down the faces of the elderly couple and the story of their pain as rewritten indictment heinous crimes accusations of U.S. - puppet in this prison .

Hell on earth

Ms. Le Thi Sen greasy oily mechanic told prison inmates Tan Hiep sneaky pen , pick up leaves , catch insects , lizards to eat . These nutrients that are considered suicide " enrichment " for her outside the prison diet was discovered that the back bowls of cooked rice and little sandy section and full of rotten fish maggot .

No jail time in her memory slug is approximately 200 m2 room , four sealed surface , not enough air to breathe prisoners . At the corner of the cell have put a great barrel respect to prisoners , urinating . UE always deal with odor concentration anonymously whole room . However, the time thirsty , prisoners forced to drink urine .

" If a prisoner refuses to declare , guards tied their hands and feet and started drinking long day , soapy water ... through the mouth and nostrils . When prisoners have it , they jumped on their bikes for water belly oral and nasal discharges is going to " , which is narrated by Mr. Vo The Great - former political prisoners being held in jail Tan Hiep - Board investigation Steering war consequences Dong Nai quoted in the book " crime in the United States labor disguise Tan Hiep - Bien Hoa " published in 1995.

In his memoir , Ms. Luu Thi Na , born in 1937 , former political prisoners living in Bien Hoa City, writes : " On 30-12-1970 , they ( the guards - PV ) gave the police field throwing tear gas grenades into the room , 11 private rooms thrown 24 left , 51 people fainting room full , full body burns , then we use DDT spray is injected into all aspects sisters , unconscious people , then dragged them on the sun . In this session , Ms. Phan Thi Chinh , born in Vinh Long , severe poisoning and die . And she Qing , who lives in the City , born two children , an 8 -year-old grandson to school in fall down natural death , medical examiner and autopsy concluded she died due to maternal toxicity . "

Despite repeatedly interrogated by the brutal attack but political prisoners in jail Tan Hiep always encourage each other to uphold the revolutionary ideals . To destroy the political life of the Communist prison , where , the enemy opened three layers plus factor . Who attended these classes are regarded as " brainwashing " . Not only threatening , they are seduced by inmates in each prison , asked who is enrolled in school , sign , and then will be transferred to other camps , easier .

An old veteran said: Every day , a person can only be issued 3 cans of water for drinking and bathing . Due to unhygienic prisoners and sores all over his body . Many times they struggle for drinking water , medicines , demanding eat green vegetables , increasing dietary ... , they were sprayed lime , suffocate . Then , lime seeped into the wound causing blisters , putrid meat that many seriously ill prisoners to death .

One of the six largest prison south

As you investigate the consequences of war in Dong Nai province , from 1964 onwards , the U.S. and CIA advisers they frequented Tan Hiep prison for directing interrogations , and provide equipment to torture terrorist prisoners . In this 21 -year prison operations , hundreds of revolutionaries and patriots of our compatriots were killed or beaten , tortured to disability .

After constantly being expanded to mid 1956, the basic work of Tan Hiep complete . Talking about the reason or enlargement of the prison , in a court document sent deputies of the former government in the South part , the Department of Legal Studies Saigon wrote : " The center is becoming a very important prison previously less one expected . It is intended to place up to 500 inmates in custody , the suspect alone , not to come today ( 24-2-1956 ) , the number of prisoners on admission was 800 , of which more than 600 Vietnamese community , many is the data . But yet, this center must also admit more. "

According to documents of the institutions of the U.S. criminal investigation - the puppet in the jail on the South , after the Paris Agreement (1973 ) , in the south has about 1,000 employees and prisons , the prisoners detained 200,000 treatment .

Along with 5 Con Dao prison , Phu Quoc , Chi Hoa , Thu Duc and Phu Loi Tan Hiep is considered the South 's largest prison with about 8000-10000 prisoners . From the year 1957-1975 , Tan Hiep in prison , U.S. - puppet has over 5 lakh views detained prisoners , the majority of officials , Party members and fellow patriots across the southern provinces .

DIAMOND - AS PHU ( Nguoi Lao Dong )

Groundbreaking works to preserve, restore monuments jail Tan Hiep

Morning 24-12 , at New Relic jail Agreement ( Bien Hoa ) , Department of Culture - Sports and Tourism held a groundbreaking works to preserve, restore monuments Tan Hiep jail .

The ceremony was attended by Mr. Tran Dinh Thanh , member of the Party Central Committee Secretary , Le Hong Phuong , deputy permanent secretary of the Provincial Party Committee ; Vy Van Vu , member of the provincial Standing Committee , the provincial Fatherland Front Committee chairman ; Huynh Van Toi , member of the provincial Standing Committee , Head of the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda ...

Tan Hiep jail as the venue for examination revolts on 2-12-1956 . In 1994 , it was recognized as a national monument and in 1997, the monument State investment , the restoration of attractions , activities tradition . In 2006, the province decided to extend relics from 1.908m2 to 6.034m2 , is the basis for the cultural sector construction projects to preserve, restore monuments Tan Hiep jail .

Conservation Project , PPC embellished with total approved investment of over 30 billion from socialization ( including construction cost of over 21 billion ) . The project was implemented in two years ( 2013-2014 ) . In particular , in 2013 the project focused on renovations to upgrade items , such as major ports , warehouses guns , houses , watchtowers , monument , shrine of martyrs and leveling , elevating the entire the ground monuments . The remaining items , such as a display, a traditional activity , internal yard line ... will be constructed in 2014.

 

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