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Madame Nhu, geb. Trần Lệ Xuân, war eine Schwägerin des ersten Präsidenten der Republik Vietnam, Ngô Đình Diệm. Da der Präsident unverheiratet war, fungierte sie als inoffizielle First Lady. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann Ngô Đình Nhu übte sie in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren großen Einfluss auf die Politik in Vietnam aus. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. August 1924 – 24. April 2011
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“I believe all the devils in hell are against us but we will triumph eventually because we have the Devil on our side.”

Madame Nhu

In response to Diệm and Nhu, assassination in a coup d’état led by General Dương Văn Minh (Armed Forces Council) http://fablog.ehrensteinland.com/2013/10/05/

“Any crime committed against the Ngo family cannot be hidden under the label of suicide. I affirm that suicide has always been considered incompatible with our religion.”

Madame Nhu

Addressing the claim that President Ngo Dinh Diem and her husband Ngo Dinh Nhu committed suicide http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/vietnam-78-106-madame-nhu-press-conference (3 November 1963)

“If one has no courage to denounce, if one bows to madness and stupidity, how can one ever hope to cope with the other wrongs of humanity exploited in the same fashion by Communists?”

Madame Nhu

"Letters to the Times: Mrs. Nhu Defends Stand", The New York Times, 14 August 1963. Referring to the self-immolation of Buddhist monks protesting government actions.

“Let them burn and we shall clap our hands.”

Madame Nhu

[Our Vietnam: the war, 1954–1975, Langguth, A. J., 2000] p.216. Referring to the immolation of Buddhist monks including Thích Quảng Đức in 1963.

“Whoever has the Americans as allies does not need any enemies.”

Madame Nhu

Jones (2003) Death of a Generation p.407. November 2nd, 1963, following the assassination of her husband and brother-in-law.

“I may shock some by saying 'I would beat such provocateurs ten times more if they wore monks robes,' and 'I would clap hands at seeing another monk barbecue show, for one can not be responsible for the madness of others.”

Madame Nhu

Jones, Howard (2003). Death of a Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War. pp.292-293
"Letters to the Times: Mrs. Nhu Defends Stand", The New York Times, 14 August 1963. Referring to the self-immolation of Buddhist monks protesting government actions.

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