8. Hanoi Hilton, Vietnam –
The Hoa Loa prison in Hanoi was built by France at the end of the 19th century to hold Vietnamese prisoners of political nature. Later, during the Vietnam war, the North Vietnamese Army used the prison to house American POWs, which sarcastically named the prison Hanoi Hilton. Incarcerated in the Hanoi Hilton included torture, starvation, and murder. Senator John McCain, vice admiral James Stockdale and colonel Bud Day are just a few of the prisoners who were imprisoned there. Most of the prison was demolished in the 1990s, but one part remained and now serves as a museum. The exhibits related to the American POWs contradict greatly the soldiers published memoires and reports, claiming that the prisoners were treated well and not harmed
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