VHM_0007

Descriptive title

Dental Instruments

Creator(s)

Vũ Tiến Đạt

Phase(s)

"Re-education" Camp

Date

1975-1979

Object type(s)

Description

Set of metal dental instruments and hand-sewn cloth bag. The set belongs to Dr. Vũ Tiến Đạt, a military dentist who had served as the General Staff of the Vietnamese Armed Forces and the Republic of Vietnam. He was able to carry these tools with him when he was interned in "re-education" camps (Long Giao, Suối Máu, and Bù Gia Mập) from 1975-1979, and he used them to help his fellow prisoners.

Collection

Vietnamese Heritage Museum

Donor(s)

Vũ Tiến Đạt

Current location

Vietnamese Heritage Museum

Rights description

Object donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum by Vũ Mỹ Anh

Data license

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Timeline

Dental Instrument Set origin

Vietnam

Used in "re-education" camps (Long Giao, Suối Máu, and Bù Gia Mập) by Dr. Vũ Tiến Đạt from 1975-1979
Dental Instrument Set traveled to the U.S.

United States

Brought to the U.S. where Dr. Vũ Tiến Đạt was resettled
Dental Instrument Set Donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum

Donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum by Vũ Mỹ Anh