Introduction about Hoa Lo prison

In the struggle for the independence of the country, many female revolutionary patriotic soldiers were arrested and imprisoned in Hoa Lo prison by the Frech colonialist. In the prison, those comrades were faithful to the Vietnamese people and the Communist Party.

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In Hoa Lo Prison, the stockade for femaile prisoners was 270 square meters in area, including 4 small stockades, a stockade for female prisoners who had babies, a bathhouse and garden. There was a time that 300 female prisoners were kept here by the French colonialist.

The detention room was small with a lack of running water, hygiene conditions were not safe. In addition to that, rations of food were always misappropriated. As a result, the life of a female political prisoners was extremely horrible. Severe regulations in the prison took the life of many faithful female communist soldiers such as: Nguyen Thi Quang Thai, Ta Thi Cau, Dam Thi Sen...

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To overcome the severe life in the prison, female political prisoners in Hoa Lo always had solidarity, were faithful to each other in their protest against the regulations of the prison. They also organized schools to propagate politics, and culture in order to improve their ability to fight and make contributions to the revolution.

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