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From 1991-1993 during the field investigation and gathering of documents for the book “Famine of 1945 in Vietnam- historical evidence” Mr. Nguyen Quang An – Former Head of Documentation Department of the Vietnam Institute of History met and talked and worked for many days with the late photographer Vo An Ninh at the late photographer’s Military Hotel Vo An Ninh pointed to each photo and recounted each story he witnessed and captured on the photos for Mr. Nguyen Quang An to record and transcribe.
Mr. Nguyen Quang An said, “Mr. Vo An Ninh took us to the locations where he used to take photos. That is Hang Da market – where a woman with a living coccyx was still taken away to bury. That’s the market place where the whole family died. We also went to the landmark of Thai Binh province – where the famine was most catastrophic. We have gone to many places to record many stories… Extremely sad!
Mr. Nguyen Quang An also said that during his work, the late photographer Vo An Ninh gave him many gifts. photos of the famine – including photos he has never used or published. Mr. Nguyen Quang An gave Dan Tri reporters the right to publish these photos so that future generations can have a clearer view of the tragedy of the famine that took place from late 1944 to May. / 1945 in Vietnam.
The words of the late photographer Vo An Ninh wrote on the album of famine photos that the photographer gave to Mr. Nguyen Quang An. “To friend Nguyen Quang An on the day he left for Saigon. Hanoi on November 1, 1994. Vo An Ninh”
Even though 70 years have passed, the pain of The 1945 famine is still here in every photo and cannot be relieved.
Below are never-before-published photos and little-known photos of the 1945 Famine in Vietnam:
This photo shows naked women digging for crabs and snails to make ends meet
Hungry children
Hungry people languish in the sun at Hang Da market
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Pick up every grain of rice scattered on the road
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Only It can be said that the famine was extremely tragic” – Mr. Nguyen Quang An shared.
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Historian Nguyen Quang An (right cover) – Former Head of Documentation Department of the Vietnam Institute of History working with the late photographer Vo An Ninh (left cover) in 1993.
Vietnamese historians including historian Duong Trung Quoc (middle) and Mr. Nguyen Quang An (right) at the Thai Binh landmark – where the most terrible famine took place. And also where there is a famous photo taken by the late photographer Vo An Ninh
Thai Binh – the place where the most catastrophic famine took place most severe
Late photographer Vo An Ninh worked with Vietnamese and Japanese historians. The late photographer Vo An Ninh took historians to every place he photographed and told every horrifying story about the famine he witnessed
Listen to the stories of photographer Vo An Ninh, many historians of the world Both Vietnam and Japan could not hold back their tears.
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