Ho Chi Minh Medallion

Title

Subject

Propaganda

Description

Ho Chi Minh, born as Nguyen Sinh Cung was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader and a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, being President from 1945 to 1969. Ho Chi Minh also helped established the People's Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. The Communist regime has continued to use the image of Ho Chi Minh as the center of propaganda and mass media techniques. Ho Chi Minh's embalmed body is displayed in a mausoleum in Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi.

Check out the High Library for more information.

Check out important speeches and writings by Ho Chi Minh.

Sources:
Pierre Brocheux and Claire Duiker, Ho Chi Minh: A Biography (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

Contributor

Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA)

Dr. William V. Puffenberger

Rights

Elizabethtown College retains all intellectual property rights to this image including, but not limited to, digital rights and any derivative works. For permission for reproduction, please contact the College’s Administrative Assistant for Humanities.

Format

A small gold medallion with Ho Chi Minh engraved along with the years of his life (1890-1969).

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

Puffenberger #154

Coverage

China

Dublin Core