Japan's Holocaust Education Center in Fukuyama City: Learning from Tragedy
- Japan has its own Holocaust museum, the Holocaust Education Center in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Built in 1995, it houses donated items related to the Holocaust and serves as a place for learning and reflection.
- Mr. Otsuka, inspired by a meeting with the father of Anne Frank, dedicated his life to promoting peace and understanding. He studied Hebrew and visited concentration camps in Europe to learn more about the Jews and the Holocaust.
- The center aims to educate visitors about the Holocaust and encourage them to think about their role in creating a peaceful world. It has received over 12,000 visitors since its new building opened in 2007.
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There are about 350 Holocaust museums in the world and among them the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Yad Vashem in Israel are famous. But did you know Japan has this kind of facility, too? The Holocaust Education Center in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture was built in 1995 and houses items related to the Holocaust that have been donated from around the world. Mr.Otsuka has been going to church since he was a child. As his pastor's way of living made a deep impression on him, he too became a pastor. A turning point in his life came when he visited Netanya in Israel in 1971 as a member of a chorus group. An old man came to speak to him in English when he was about to take lunch with other group members in a restaurant. "You are Japanese, aren't you? Would you plese sing a Japanese song?" After Mr.Otsuka and his group finished singing, the gentleman thanked them for it and began to talk. "You probably know the diary which my daughter wrote, don't you? I'm the father of Anne Frank." After this opportunity, a dialog between Mr.Otsuka and Mr.Frank began. "Peace will be born from mutual understanding. Please be a person who can do something to create peace in the world; do not only sympathize with the tragic death of Anne and other victims." Mr.Otsuka was moved by what Mr. Frank said and went to Israel to study Hebrew. He visited the concentration camps in Europe because he wanted to know more about the Jews and the Holocaust. Six million Jews are said to have lost their lives because of the Holocaust. Mr. Otsuka was shocked to know that among them were 1.5 million children. Since he wanted to show exhibits to Japanese children, he made up his mind to built a memorial center in Japan. Otsuka wrote letters explaining that he had little money for his project but plenty of passion and sent them to lots of people involved in the Holocaust and various facilities. After a while, packages came to him from all over the world : an inmate's uniform, a box containing ashes, and so on. Someone handed him a passport that was a memento of their family, and one painter offered pictures he had painted of the camp, saying, "You may take any pictures you like." Mr. Frank donated pictures of his family and some of the everyday items they had used. To make the exhibits accessible to everyone, Otsuka put English and furigana above every kanji character used in the explanations. A new building was opened in 2007. The room in which Anne hid and her diary were reproduced there. These are the only approved reproductions outside of Europe. After the death of Mr. Frank, one of his typewriters was given to the center and is now exhibited, too. Approximately 12,000 visitors have come to the center in the year since the new building was opened, twice the number before the renewal. All sorts of people, from kindergarten pupils to adults, visit the Holocaust Education Center. "This is a facility where not only will you learn the truth about the Holocaust, but you will also think about what you yourself can do to make peace for the world," Otsuka says. "I never heard Mr. Erank say anything hateful. I have been continuously questioning in my heart why the Holocaust occurred. Students from over 700 schools have visited the Holocaust Education Center. I hope all the children in Japan will visit it, and also wish that this center will be a place from which they are sending peace to the world, " Otsuka says.
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およそ350のホロコースト博物館が世界にあります、そして、それらの中では、米国のホロコースト記念博物館とイスラエルのヤド・ヴァシェムが有名です。 しかし、あなたは、日本にもこの種の施設があるということを知っていましたか？ 広島県、福山市のホロコースト教育センターは、1995年に造られました、そして、世界中から寄付されたホロコーストに関する品目を所蔵しています。 子供の頃から、大塚氏は教会に通っていました。 彼の牧師の生き方が彼に深い印象を与えたために、彼も牧師になりました。 コーラス・グループのメンバーとして1971年にイスラエルのネタニアを訪問したとき、彼の人生の転機が訪れました。 彼がレストランで昼食を他のグループのメンバーと一緒にとろうとしていた時、一人の老人が来て彼に英語で話しかけました。 「あなたは日本人ですね？ 日本の歌を歌ってもらえますか？」 大塚氏と彼のグループが歌い終わったあと、紳士は彼らにそれに対して感謝して、話し始めました。 「あなたは、娘が書いた日記を多分知っているでしょうね？ 私は、アンネ・フランクの父です。」 この機会の後、大塚氏とフランク氏の間の対話は、始まりました。 「平和は、相互理解から生まれます。 世界で平和を生み出すために何かすることができる人になってください; アンネと他の犠牲者の悲劇的な死に共鳴するだけにしないで下さい」 大塚氏は、フランク氏が言った事に感動して、ヘブライ語を学ぶために、イスラエルに行きました。 ユダヤ人とホロコーストについてより多くを知りたかったので、彼はヨーロッパの強制収容所を訪問しました。 600万人のユダヤ人が、ホロコーストのために、彼らの命を失ったと言われています。 大塚氏は、彼らの中に150万人の子供たちがいた事を知ってショックを受けました。 彼は日本の子供たちに展示を示したかったので、記念センターを日本に建てることを決心しました。 大塚氏は多くの情熱以外プロジェクトのためのお金がほとんどない事を手紙に書きました、そして、それらをホロコーストに関わった多くの人々や様々な施設に送りました。 しばらくして、小包が世界中から彼のもとに届きました： 収容者の制服、灰の入った箱、等でした。 誰かが、彼に家族の記念であったパスポートを手渡しました、そして、1人の画家は彼が描いたキャンプの絵を提供しました。そして、「あなたは、気に入った絵はどれでもお取り下さい」と言いました。 フランク氏は、彼の家族の写真と彼らが使った日常的な品物のいくつかを、寄付しました。 展示物を誰でも理解しやすくするために、説明で使われるあらゆる漢字に、大塚は英語と振り仮名を付けました。 新しい建物は、2007年に開業しました。 アンが隠れた部屋と彼女の日記は、そこで複製されました。 これらは、ヨーロッパ以外で唯一の承認された複製です。 フランク氏の死亡後、彼のタイプライターの1台が、センターに贈られて、現在、それも展示されています。 新しい建物が開かれた時から、およそ12,000人の訪問客が、一年間にセンターにやって来ました、これは改装前の二倍の数でした。 いろいろな人々、幼稚園児から大人までが、ホロコースト教育センターを訪問します。 「これは、ホロコーストについての事実を学ぶだけでなく、世界のために平和を生み出すためにあなた自身、何ができるかについて、考える施設でもあります」と、大塚は言います。 「私は、フランク氏が憎しみのこもった事を言うのを一度も聞きませんでした。 私は、心の中でずっと、なぜホロコーストが起こったのか尋ね続けてきました。 700校以上の学校の学生が、ホロコースト教育センターを訪問しました。 私は、日本のすべての子供たちがそこを訪問することを望んでいます、そして、このセンターが彼らが平和を世界に向けて発信する場所になることを願っています」と、大塚は言います。 <参考> http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88 http://www.urban.ne.jp/home/hecjpn/
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