TRAN VAN ON - Saigon Student - VC MARTYR PROPAGANDA POSTER - 1950

Description: The Story of TRAN VAN ON Tran Van On was born on May 29, 1931 and died on January 9, 1950 as a student at Petrus Ky school was shot dead in the protests of Saigon students in early 1950 by the French authorities. His death resonated greatly, having a wide impact in the fighting movement of the Saigon people afterwards. He was awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces in 2000. Tran Van On was born in 1931 , in Phuoc Thanh commune, Chau Thanh district, Ben Tre province. His father is Mr. Tran Van Nghia is a low-level civil servant, his mother is Mrs. Huynh Thi Tu. As a child, he attended primary school in My Tho town , then moved with his family to stay at 322/10, Verolun Street, Saigon. Most of his brothers and sisters participated in the revolutionary movement, including Ms. Tran Thi Le, who died in 1948. In August 1945 , he passed the entrance exam to the first year of elementary school at Petrus Ky School . In the school year 1948 - 1949 , he finished his third year of high school, passed the French first level ( Brevet du 1er cycle ). By the school year 1949 - 1950 , when he was in the fourth year of elementary school, Tran Van On was specially promoted to the Board of Baccalaureate ( seconde class, equivalent to the current grade 10) of the school because he had a first-class degree. Tran Van On is considered to be a hard-working, respectful and polite student to his parents and teachers. Besides studying, he still enjoys social activities. Since 1947, he participated in the school's patriotic student movement and joined the Vietnam-Southern Student Association. He is a secret member of the resistance group of inner-city resistance, and is responsible for propagating and mobilizing students in the school to participate in activities against the French colonialists and pro-French government. He was considered a pillar of Patriotic School's patriotic student movement. Before the 9th anniversary of the uprising of Cochinchina (November 23, 1940 - November 23, 1949), the French authorities kidnapped some students of Petrus Ky School, and 10 other schools in Saigon on November 23, 1949. At this time, Tran Van On was preparing for the baccalaureate examination, but he still actively led the student group of Petrus Ky school to protest. On January 9, 1950 , in Saigon , a large protest of more than 6000 students-teachers and school teachers erupted, asking Prime Minister Tran Van Huu to immediately release the arrested students. At 13:00 that day, Prime Minister Tran Van Huu's government mobilized a large police force to suppress the protest movement, bring water cannons and use batons to brutally beat protesters. This persecution led to the arrest of 150 people, beating 30 seriously injured on the spot . Not backing down in front of the enemy, Tran Van On and some of his friends stalked forward loudly denouncing their crimes, while protecting the children behind. According to the Ben Tre province page, while carrying Ta Thi Thau from Truong Gia Long he was knocked out by the police, Tran Van On was hit by a bullet in the abdomen. According to Le Trung Nghia on Tuoi Tre , Tran Van On was shot while supporting a student climbing a pile of firewood stacked close to a fence . Together with other victims, he was taken to Cho Ray Hospital for treatment, but due to his severe injury, he died at 15:30 pm that day . At that time, Tran Van On was less than 19 years old. The news of Tran Van On's immediate loss caused a stir among Saigon students. Students were sent to protect Tran Van On's body at the hospital . This news also quickly became the focus and a series of major Saigon newspapers reported. After struggling to get the consent of the authorities, the school's representative board and his family took his body back for three days at the farewell home of Thuan Kieu Street . They set up an altar, placed a priest and decided to organize a funeral for Tran Van On right in Petrus Ky school. All students of Pétrus Ký brought black tape to mourn him. From January 10 to 12, hundreds of organizations of all sexes: workers, academics, merchants, civil servants, artists, journalists, students ... visited, burned incense and laid wreaths. for him. In total there are over 300 wreaths, especially among those French wreaths bearing the words " Soldats démocrates " ( Democratic fighters ). On January 12, 1950 , Tran Van On funeral was held, with the funeral director being Professor Luu Van Lang. Tens of thousands of people gathered at Truong Vinh Ky school. More than 300,000 Saigon people took to the streets to support. According to the General newspaper (dated January 14, 1950), in order to respond to the funeral of Tran Van On, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian and other private businesses were closed that day, and at the same time The car that took the people to the funeral did not take money, hundreds of cyclo drivers voluntarily carried more than 300 garlands. Two delegates from the Central and North students also boarded a plane to attend the funeral. After gathering at 7:30, the group began to depart, going through the streets of Saigon, to the farewell house of Thuan Kieu Street to receive his body. Students bring banners and pictures of Tran Van On. Leading the protest were intellectuals such as Luu Van Lang , lawyers Trinh Dinh Thao , Nguyen Huu Tho ..., and some French. An estimated 25,000 people went in the group, along with a lot of Saigon people on the two sides of the road to welcome. His coffin, after being removed from his house in goodbye, was taken to Cho Lon cemetery to be buried. At Cho Lon Cemetery, many songs are read to commemorate Tran Van On. Among them, Eulogy of delegates of students, students have paragraph: " We will never forget January 9, the day that Don and his students, students were willing to give their blood and bones in exchange for the freedom of those imprisoned. The spirit of Tran Van On is immortal! " . ” Tran Van On's funeral is considered to have become a "demonstration of the forces of the Saigon patriots - Cholon", against the French colonial government. In February 1950 , at the first National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Federation in Vietnam , it was decided to make January 9 every year a traditional day for Vietnamese students . On January 11, 1979 , Prime Minister Pham Van Dong signed a decision to recognize martyrs for Tran Van On. In March 2000 , Tran Van On was conferred the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces. His name has been given to roads and schools in Ho Chi Minh City , Bien Hoa , Thanh Hoa and Dong Hoi . In addition, his name was also given to the Tran Van On Award, for professional and vocational students organized by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union . Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE Rare - Hand Made Revolutionary Poster This is an exceptionally rare, 1960's hand made poster, it is not laminated but covered in plastic, previous pin-holes show where it has been hung. It measures 19.5 x 15 inches. It will be sent in a protective roll to preserve this wonderful art piece. Made to be hung in secret revolutionary homes, barracks and tunnel complexes in the South, it was discovered in Bien Hoa at the home of old Female NLF Fighter. (Bien Hoa is North of Saigon and Cu Chi). I have done the best I can with the above translation from the original document. I am sure many can do much better. This piece is part of a small collection (8 different pieces) that were all made in the 1960's by the same person (Nguyen Thi Phan). I will list the others over the coming weeks when I have time to translate them. There is only one of each Revolutionary. The full set is; Ly Tu Trong, Vo Thi Sau, Nguyen Ba Ngoc, Le Van Tam, Nguyen Van Troi, Hoang Van Thu, Phan Dinh Giot and Tran Van On

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