Hiroshima: Monument to Korean Victims and Survivors, sign at the monument

Hiroshima: Monument to Korean Victims and Survivors, sign at the monument

Atomic bomb--Hiroshima; Atomic bomb victims

In a chapter of Japanese history that has only recently begun to be discussed openly, Japan colonized Korea in the decades leading up to the Second World War. Before and during the war, many Koreans were brought to Japan, many of them as conscripted laborers. At the time of the A-bomb explosion in Hiroshima, there were many Koreans in Hiroshima and it is estimated that as many as 20,000 Koreans may have died in the explosion. Given the enmity between the Japanese and the Koreans, and what some would label a prejudice against Korean nationals, the Japanese perhaps did not initially acknowledge fully the loss of Korean lives at Hiroshima. The plaque in this photo, at the monument erected on the edge of the Peace Memorial Park in 1970, describes the plight of the Korean victims.

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Japan

Japan - Showa 1926 - 1989

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Chugoku (region), Hiroshima (prefecture), Hiroshima (inhabited place)

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812 w x 1200 h, 150ppi