Memorial to compatriots who died in the bombings and famine of 1944–1945

The memorial to compatriots who died in the bombings and famine of 1944–1945 is located in the area of Alley 349, Minh Khai Street, Vinh Tuy Ward, Hanoi. This is the last remaining evidence in the entire North of Vietnam (from Quang Tri northward) after the historic famine of 1944–1945.
According to accounts by some elderly people currently living in Vinh Tuy Ward, in 1945 people from some neighboring provinces and cities flocked to Hanoi. Many of them did not survive the raging famine. The memorial was built by the Hop Thien Association in the Tan Mao year (1951) to gather the remains of those who died in the bombings and famine of 1944–1945 scattered around the Hop Thien cemetery area and some places on the streets of Hanoi. This is a place that denounces the crimes of Japanese fascists and French imperialists, which caused a disaster for more than 2 million Vietnamese people, the most tragic event in the history of our nation to date. In 2005, Hop Thien Cemetery was renamed “Memorial to compatriots who died in the bombings and famine of 1944–1945”.
After two renovations and embellishments in 2003 and 2013, the architectural appearance of the memorial has remained intact to this day. The memorial was built on a square plot of land, with a tomb in the middle; on the tomb cover a wall was built, with a roof above covered with tubular tiles. The border is decorated with scroll patterns, on which the words “Place of eternal rest of compatriots who died in the bombings and famine of 1945” are embossed, next to it is an inscription of the construction year 1951.
Every year, on the Day of Forgiveness for the Dead, the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, the People's Committee of Hai Ba Trung District organizes a memorial ceremony for the souls of those who unfortunately died in the bombings and famine of 1944–1945; this is also an occasion to condemn and denounce the crimes of invasive wars and to uphold the patriotic and compassionate tradition of the Vietnamese nation.
In 2001, the memorial to compatriots who died in the bombings and famine of 1944–1945 was recognized by the Hanoi City People's Committee as a City-level Revolutionary Historical Relic.