This article was written by Li Dazhao's daughter, Comrade Li Xinghua, on 1943, which coincides with the 16th anniversary of Li Dazhao's death, so the title is Memories of Sixteen Years ago. This article is a good textbook for educating students about revolutionary traditions. At the beginning of the article, it is pointed out that April 28th, 16 years ago, 1927 was the day when my father was killed. Finally, my mother asked me to remember the day when my father was killed. This echo from beginning to end fully shows the ferocity of the enemy and the heroism of the revolutionaries.

Background of the times:

1927, with the support of imperialism, warlord Zhang led his troops into the customs, occupied Hebei, Shandong and other places, threatened the National Revolutionary Army that won the Northern Expedition by force, and ordered an arrest warrant against Comrade Li Dazhao who persisted in the revolutionary struggle in Beijing. However, Comrade Li Dazhao was not afraid and stayed in Beijing to engage in revolutionary work under extremely dangerous circumstances. 1927 was captured by Zhang on April 9, and was tortured and indomitable. He continued to lead the party's work in prison and was hanged by the enemy on April 28.

Introduction to Li Dazhao:

Li Dazhao, a native of Laoting County, Hebei Province, was born on1889 65438+1October 29th.

1907 was admitted to Tianjin Beiyang College of Law and Politics to study political economy. 19 13 winter, Li Dazhao went to Japan with the feelings of worrying about the country and the people, and was admitted to Waseda University in Tokyo as a political undergraduate. When Japanese imperialism put forward the "Twenty-one Articles" for the destruction of China to Yuan Shikai, he took an active part in the patriotic struggle of the Federation of Students Studying in Japan, and the power of the book "Telling the National Elder" drafted by him quickly spread throughout the country, so he became a famous patriot in the country. 19 16 Li Dazhao took an active part in the new cultural movement after returning to China.

The victory of Russia's October socialist revolution greatly inspired and inspired Li Dazhao, who successively published articles and speeches such as Comparative View of French-Russian Revolution, Victory of Common People and Victory of Bolshevism. He declared: "Look at the future world, it must be the world of red flags!" 19 19 published dozens of articles promoting Marxism, such as New Era, My View on Marxism, Re-discussion on Problems and Socialism.

1920 in March, Li Dazhao initiated the organization of Marxist theory research society in Peking University. 10, Li Dazhao initiated the establishment of Beijing * * * production team.

192 1 China * * * After the establishment of the production party, Li Dazhao guided the northern work on behalf of the CPC Central Committee. He was elected as a member of the Central Committee at the second, third and fourth party congresses.

1in March, 926, Li Dazhao led and personally participated in the Beijing people's struggle against Japanese and British imperialism and against warlords Zhang and Wu. Beiyang warlord Duan created the "March 18th" tragedy, and Beijing fell into white terror. Under extremely dangerous and difficult circumstances, Li Dazhao continued to lead the party's northern organization to persist in the revolutionary struggle. 1April 6, 927, warlord Zhang colluded with imperialism, broke into the Soviet embassy and arrested more than 80 people including Li Dazhao. Li Dazhao was tortured. He remained upright and unyielding in prison and court. On April 28th, despite the strong opposition and condemnation of the broad masses of the people and public opinion, the warlords flagrantly strangled Li Dazhao and other 20 revolutionaries at the Shi Jing Detention Center in Xijiaominxiang. Li Dazhao was the first to walk on the gallows and died peacefully at the age of 38.