Nguyễn Văn Cừ (9 July 1912 – 28 August 1941) was a Vietnamese revolutionary, a descendant of
Nguyễn Trãi
Nguyễn Trãi (阮廌), pen name Ức Trai (抑齋); (1380–1442) was an illustrious Vietnamese Confucian scholar, a noted poet, a skilled politician and a master strategist. He was at times attributed with being capable of almost miraculous or ...
. He served as the fourth
General Secretary
Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derive ...
of the
Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Vietnam
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), also known as the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP), is the founding and sole legal party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Founded in 1930 by Hồ Chí Minh, the CPV became the ruling party of Nor ...
(CPV) 30 March 1938 – 9 November 1940.
Nguyễn Văn Cừ was arrested by the French and executed by French firing squad at the Giồng T-road junction (ngã ba Giồng) in
Hóc Môn District along with
Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai
Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai (1 November 1910 in Vinh, Annam – 28 August 1941 in Hóc Môn, Cochinchina) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and a leader of the Indochinese Communist Party during the 1930s.
Early life and education
Nguyễn Thị Minh ...
and
Võ Văn Tần
Võ Văn Tần (21 August 1894 – 28 August 1941) was a Vietnamese revolutionary.
He was executed by French firing squad at the Giồng T-road junction (ngã ba Giồng) in Hóc Môn District along with Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai and Nguyễn Văn ...
in August 1941.
[Erik Harms Saigon's Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City - Page 29 "... intersection, where many anticolonial figures perished, including, most famously, the trio of Nguyễn thị Minh Khai, Võ Văn Tần, and Nguyễn Văn Cừ, who were put before the firing squads there on August 28, 1941. ... And nowadays the historic memorial to revolutionary martyrs executed at the “Giồng” triple intersection is threatened by"]
References
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1912 births
1941 deaths
General Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Members of the 1st Central Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party
People from Bắc Ninh province