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The Monument in Memory of the Korean Victim
of the A-bomb was erected by the Koreajn
Residents Union in Japan, HIroshima Local
Main Office on April 10, 1970. It is located
on the greenbelt at the western edge of the
Honkawa Bridge. A tower stands on a laarge
turtle-shaped base with the epigraph "Monument
in Memory of the Korean Victims of the A-Bomb:
Prince Lee-Woo and 20,000 others." At
the top of the tower there is a crown engraved
with two dragons in which the names of the
bombing victims are sored. Korean stones
were used for the monument, which was producted
in the Republic of Korea and later transported
to this place. It is about 5 meters high
and weighs about 10 tons. The Prince Lee-Woo mentioned in the inscription was a nephew of Prince Lee-Eun, the last Korean crown prince. He was staff officer in education at the time of the bombing, attached to the command headquarters with the Fifth Cavalry which was quartered in Futabanjosato. He was on his way to work on horseback from his quarters in the Maeda villa in Takasu, Furuta-machi, and was near the Aioi Bridge when the bomb exploded. Although he was taken to the temporary first-aid station on Ninoshima by a relief squad of the Akatsuki Unit, he died the next day. The monument was erected at this site because it was near the place where Prince Lee-Woo was found. It is said that between 30,000 and 40,000 Korean people, both residents of the city and forced laborers brought from the Korean Peninsula, were in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing and were exposed. |
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