Banished House in Buon Ma Thuot

Banished House in Buon Ma Thuot

Buon Ma Thuot exile house is located at 17 Tan Thuat street - Tu An ward - Buon Ma Thuot city. Built in the years 1930 - 1931, the House of Exile is a place to detain and exile political prisoners mainly in the Central provinces. The name Buon Ma Thuot Exile House, on the one hand, originates from the name given by the French colonialists: Pénitencier de Ban Me Thuot, and on the other hand, is due to the nature and type of prisons of the French colonialists. The exile house was built with a total area of ​​nearly 2 hectares, with 4 surrounding walls 4m high, 40cm thick, all 4 corners have guard posts and guards 24/24 hours. Inside there are 6 rows of collective prisons, rows of cells... this is the place to imprison, exile and kill revolutionary soldiers with an extremely harsh and brutal regime. In Central Vietnam, the Dak Lak Plateau at that time was surrounded by mountains and forests on all four sides, dense and full of wild animals. The climate is harsh, with erratic hot and cold conditions, high humidity, and many dangerous pathogens such as malaria, dysentery, and cholera easily arise. With a wide plateau terrain, interspersed with many dense forests surrounded by many high mountains, on one side is the border with foreign countries, on the other hand divided by many valleys, rivers and streams, with few roads, bridges and culverts. Around 1900, a prison was built by the French to house political prisoners. Here, the land is desolate, the climate is toxic, few people visit, the difference in language and culture with the Ede ethnic people, forming prisons makes it difficult for prisoners to escape. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the anti-colonial movement in Indochina increased as the indigenous people absorbed Western revolutionary ideas. The number of political prisoners is increasing. The government continuously had to expand and build new prisons and exile houses to serve as places of exile and detention for indigenous national revolutionaries who were sentenced to heavy sentences in the territory of Indochina. Initially, the Ambassador of Central Vietnam chose to build the exile house in Lak district, about 50 km from Buon Ma Thuot town. However, the governor of Dak Lak province at that time proposed building a prison right in Buon Ma Thuot town on the basis of expanding the old prison, on the grounds that building a new prison requires a large cost while At that time, France was in an economic crisis in 1929; At the same time, if built in Lak, transporting prisoners would take a long distance and take a lot of time. From those reasons, the Central Ambassador decided to choose Buon Ma Thuot town as the place to build the exile house. The Buon Ma Thuot exile house was set up by the French colonialists during the period 1930 - 1931 to exile and detain patriots, communist party members who were arrested and severely sentenced in the Central provinces, and those who went to Vietnam. leader in the struggles of the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement. A special point different from other prisons and exile houses is that prisoners have to make their own prisons to detain themselves, which is the most prominent way the French colonialists carried out the Buon Ma Thuot exile prison. The exile house is located on a campus of nearly 2 hectares, this location is near the legation, green loincloth barracks, and provincial prison. This is a hill with few large trees, allowing trucks to easily access and transport materials. The design and plan were drafted by the chief engineer and director of public works at Trung Ky. Since 1930, Buon Ma Thuot Prison has detained activists such as: Ho Tung Mau, Phan Dang Luu, Nguyen Chi Thanh, To Huu, Hong Chuong, Bui San, Tran Van Quang, Ngo Duc Do, Ngo Xuan Ham. .. The historical relic of Buon Ma Thuot's exile house is also known as the punishment house. This place is like many prisons across Vietnam, not only is it the clearest proof of the cruel crimes of the Empire - Colonization, but this place is also considered a great school that has created great loyal revolutionary soldier for the country. The Buon Ma Thuot House of Exile is a historical site in Dak Lak, with the structure being a relic of the old prison system (exile house) from the French colonial period. On July 10, 1980, the House of Exile was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information as a national monument. Source: Dak Lak province electronic information portal

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