Speaker of Danish Parliament visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and gains understanding of Hiroshima’s sorrow
Apr. 4, 2016
by Kyosuke Mizukawa, Staff Writer
On March 11, Pia Kjaersg, 69, the speaker of the Danish Parliament, visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park for the first time. She toured the Peace Memorial Museum to deepen her understanding of the harsh reality of the destruction caused by a nuclear weapon.
Ms. Kjaersg was guided through the museum by Yasuyoshi Komizo, the chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. In front of a panoramic model that depicts the devastation of the city center after the atomic bombing, she was offered explanation about the many students who were mobilized to help tear down homes in the city center and were killed by the atomic bomb. She also gazed intently at a charred lunchbox and the remains of tattered clothes.
After laying flowers at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims, Ms. Kjaersg said that although she already knew about the history of the atomic bombings of Japan, it wasn’t until she came to Hiroshima that she understood the sorrow of the people of this city. She added that she would convey to the citizens of her nation that they should never forget Hiroshima so that a tragedy of this nature will never be repeated. Ms. Kjaersg arrived in Japan on March 8 to study the Japanese Diet system.
(Originally published on March 12, 2016)
On March 11, Pia Kjaersg, 69, the speaker of the Danish Parliament, visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park for the first time. She toured the Peace Memorial Museum to deepen her understanding of the harsh reality of the destruction caused by a nuclear weapon.
Ms. Kjaersg was guided through the museum by Yasuyoshi Komizo, the chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. In front of a panoramic model that depicts the devastation of the city center after the atomic bombing, she was offered explanation about the many students who were mobilized to help tear down homes in the city center and were killed by the atomic bomb. She also gazed intently at a charred lunchbox and the remains of tattered clothes.
After laying flowers at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims, Ms. Kjaersg said that although she already knew about the history of the atomic bombings of Japan, it wasn’t until she came to Hiroshima that she understood the sorrow of the people of this city. She added that she would convey to the citizens of her nation that they should never forget Hiroshima so that a tragedy of this nature will never be repeated. Ms. Kjaersg arrived in Japan on March 8 to study the Japanese Diet system.
(Originally published on March 12, 2016)
