Hỏa Lò Prison

E673579

historical site museum prison

Hỏa Lò Prison, infamously nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton" by American POWs, was a French-built jail in Hanoi later used by North Vietnam to detain U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hỏa Lò Prison Museum	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical site ⓘ museum ⓘ prison ⓘ
architecturalStyle	French colonial architecture ⓘ
builtFor	French colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Museums in Hanoi ⓘ Prisons in Vietnam ⓘ
city	Hanoi ⓘ
constructedBy	French colonial authorities ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
currentUse	museum ⓘ
exhibits	artifacts from French colonial period ⓘ artifacts related to American POWs ⓘ artifacts related to Vietnamese revolutionaries ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	historic site of Hanoi ⓘ
knownFor	overcrowding during colonial era ⓘ torture and harsh treatment allegations ⓘ
languageOfNativeName	Vietnamese ⓘ
locatedIn	French Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanoi ⓘ Hoàn Kiếm District NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	authorities of Hanoi ⓘ
nativeName	Nhà tù Hỏa Lò NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	Hanoi Hilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	detention of American prisoners of war ⓘ harsh prison conditions under French rule ⓘ incarceration of Vietnamese revolutionaries ⓘ propaganda use by North Vietnam ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operatedBy	French colonial police NERFINISHED ⓘ North Vietnamese security forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalPurpose	detention of Vietnamese political prisoners ⓘ
partiallyDemolished	1990s ⓘ
prisonerNationality	American ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ other foreign nationals ⓘ
region	Northern Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	Vietnam War histories ⓘ historical studies of French colonial repression ⓘ war memoirs by former POWs ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
usedBy	Democratic Republic of Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ French colonial government NERFINISHED ⓘ North Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedDuring	First Indochina War NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	detention of common criminals ⓘ detention of political prisoners ⓘ detention of prisoners of war ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Stockdale → placeOfDetention → Hỏa Lò Prison ⓘ

Maison Centrale → alsoKnownAs → Hỏa Lò Prison ⓘ

Hanoi Hilton → officialName → Hỏa Lò Prison ⓘ

Hanoi Hilton → museumName → Hỏa Lò Prison ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hỏa Lò Prison Museum

"Hỏa Lò" can mean "fiery furnace" or "stove" → alsoKnownAs → Hỏa Lò Prison ⓘ

subject surface form: Hỏa Lò

Nhà tù Hỏa Lò → alsoKnownAs → Hỏa Lò Prison ⓘ

Sam Johnson → placeOfDetention → Hỏa Lò Prison ⓘ