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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

On Sunday we spent a few hours at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Park. Although the setting is at odds to the camps at Auschwitz, it is none the less moving. I was keen to find out what the museum cited as reasons for the attack and what mention... ...full story at adekun

from adekun on Tue, Feb 05 2008

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