Burning Books in Saigon after the Communist Takeover July 30, 1975

Via Lê Bá Dzũng

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Relive the so-called day of the anti-cultural movement "my wei", July-1975 in Saigon but also horror!

All over the streets of youth volunteer, portable officers, ho hào come into the store, into the house people searched, tear, burn book very barbaric.

The scene of burning books everywhere in the city. Painful!

One of the essential jobs of cs does when the south fall is sealed, seize the books at the library. The works of the printed house, publisher and large bookstore in Saigon such as khai, new living, independent, dong nai, nam cuong, trí đăng... are all sealed and forbidden to save onions.

There are no official statistics numbers but people wish there were millions of paper books and tape, music plate burned in the campaign to scan the culture of debauchery-betrayed in Saigon. The paper book on the shelf in private's house was dragged by the young men with red ties to the fire without pity. At the business stores, the paper books were collected to burn, considered to burn both businesses and people involved. Of course, people with burnt books also have a drastic reaction. During the signing of the pen guard, Writer Nguyen swee long recorded a acting in the book burn in 1975:

" A store that specializes in rent stories at Huynh Quang Tien street next to the ba bell church in phu nhuan exploded when the group collecting books brought red tape to enter the store. The Boss of the house book invited all in the house. Then a grenade exploded. It happened no one expected. Of course there's blood, there's a casualties. The little ones with their mouth stink milk, the girls who haven't ráo the first blood are innocent victims. On the arm and wearing the red tape, it's a real gun! Even the shopkeeper is also dead ".