The watchtowers
And the barbed-wire fences.
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A historic prison camp near An Thoi in the south of Phu Quoc, first set up by the French as the Coconut Tree Prison for captured Viet Minh fighters, and during the Vietnam War the largest prisoner-of-war camp in South Vietnam, holding around 36,000 prisoners in 1972. Today it is a memorial and museum. The barbed-wire fences, watchtowers, tin barracks and cramped «tiger cages» have been rebuilt, and life-size figures re-enact the treatment of prisoners in scenes that are very graphic and unsuitable for young children. A museum building displays documents, photographs and objects from both periods. Entry is free, and the site opens daily in two sessions, roughly 7:00-11:30 and 13:30-17:00.
And the barbed-wire fences.
Rebuilt cramped cells.
Documents from both periods.
Near An Thoi, south of Phu Quoc
Not for young children: life-size figures re-enact the treatment of prisoners in very graphic scenes.