226 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/226/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:11:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png 226 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/226/ 32 32 Comfort Women Memorial in New Jersey https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/comfort-women-memorial-in-new-jersey?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comfort-women-memorial-in-new-jersey Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// A ‘Comfort Women’ Memorial was unveiled outside Palisades Public Library in New Jersey in 2010. The monument paid homage to the more than 200,000 South Korean women who were victims of sexual exploitation (also termed ‘sexual slavery’) by Imperial Japanese forces before and during World War II. Though the Korean-American community in New Jersey celebrated […]

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]]> A ‘Comfort Women’ Memorial was unveiled outside Palisades Public Library in New Jersey in 2010. The monument paid homage to the more than 200,000 South Korean women who were victims of sexual exploitation (also termed ‘sexual slavery’) by Imperial Japanese forces before and during World War II. Though the Korean-American community in New Jersey celebrated a growing remembrance of the harm that many Korean women suffered, the monument sparked controversy in Japan. During multiple diplomatic visits and through a petition to the White House, the Japanese government attempted unsuccessfully to have the memorial removed. This case study raises questions about memorialisation in a nation not directly involved in events from the past.

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