Hanoi Hilton Prison

Hoa Lo Prison was located in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Hanoi Hilton was named after American prisoners who sat there during the Vietnam War. The prison, built by the French at the end of the XIX century, became famous after the appearance of the Hollywood film Hanoi Hilton.

During the French rule, there were mainly supporters of the independence of Vietnam. As tensions grew, the number of prisoners grew: in 1913 there were 600 prisoners, in 1916 - 730, in 1922 - 895 and so on. During the Vietnam War, Americans were imprisoned here, including future U.S. Senator John McCain.

In 1996, most of the prison was demolished In the preserved south wing in 1998, a museum was opened. In the part of the exhibition dedicated to the horrors of being in a French prison, you can see solitary cells, instruments of torture, shackles, a guillotine, a tunnel in the prison yard, through which in 1945 a hundred prisoners escaped. In the exhibition dedicated to the Vietnam War, among other exhibits, you can see the parachute and flight uniform of John McCain.