I have found the article on memorials in the Education About Asia magazine (apring 2009) to be very interesting.ll Since I do teach about the Holocaust oneperiod each semester, it struck a nerve.
I visited Nagasaki and the Memorial in November, 2004, on a Fulnbright trip along with 199 other teachers from all over the USA. We learned all about Sadako and the 1,000 cranes.
When I returned to my 6th grade students that year, we did discuss the horrors of war and we made the cranes as well as some sushi.
The article is very specific about memorials in Japan today.
1. The Hiroshima Peace Domb is in Hiroshima Peace Park in Hiroshia, Japan.
2. Tlhe Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall is in Nanjing, China
3. The Yasukuni Shrine is in Tokyo, Japan.
Public memory is real and very powerful. These memorials are helpful to students and play a role in current events. I am glad to see that the citizens in Asia have developed public memories as we have in America with our Holocuast Institute in DC
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