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Arch-Hiroshima has a selection of Kenzo Tange’s writings from the Japanese architecture magazine Shinkenchiku, commenting on his design and process.
Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs has its World Heritage Site application documents for Genbaku Dome and a chronology of the memorial and the dome.
The US Department of Energy has facts about the history of the bomb and its toll on Hiroshima.
The city of Hiroshima has information on the annual Peace Memorial Ceremony.
On Slate, Ron Rosenbaum reflects on his 2008 visit to the park.
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- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum
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The Cambodia Tribunal Monitor has frequently updated news and information on the ongoing trial of Duch, the former warden of S-21 prison, including video of the court proceedings.
The Documentation Center of Cambodia has a great deal of information on Tuol Sleng and on the Khmer Rouge in general. This site has photographs of many of the victims of S-21, the same photos that are on display at Tuol Sleng today.
The Virginia Quarterly Review has poetry and artwork by Robert Shultz and Binh Danh, inspired by Tuol Sleng.
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- Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes
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There has been much written about how Choeung Ek has been used to political and nationalistic ends, but little on the site’s current use as an educational resource. With this in mind, ICTJ’s Louis Bickford conducted a survey of visitors to Choeung Ek.
The New York Times has a 1999 account of the annual Day of Hate ceremony at Choeung Ek.
The Documentation Center of Cambodia has a great deal of information on mass grave sites throughout Cambodia and on the Khmer Rouge in general.
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- Choeung Ek, Center of Genocide Crimes
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ASEPPOL’s Living Memory Project has images and videos.
The CAVR has a series of books on Timor-Leste and Comarca Balide, some of them as free downloads, and a bibliography of analyses of its work.
The International Crisis Group has a series of reports on Timor-Leste.
Local group La’o Hamutuk has analyses on a host of Timorese issues.
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- Comarca Balide Prison
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The neglect of Halabja extends to the courtroom; Slate has a story from 2007 on the lack of any judicial ruling on the Halabja attacks.
After visiting Kurdistan in 2006, the Affinity Group on Documents and Confronting the Past (of which ICTJ is a member) prepared a report on their findings.
PBS has a slideshow of the history of the Halabja Memorial up to 2006.
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- Halabja Monument to Kurdish victims of gas massacre
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The official website for the Terror Haza Museum includes interactive elements and gives a good sense of the style and approach of the site.
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- Terror Háza Múzeum (House of Terror Museum)
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Orador.org offers a virtual tour of the Centre de la Mémoire; Oradour.info has an account of the massacre and photographs of the town.
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- Oradour-sur-Glane
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The museum’s official web site and the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience both have more information.
The World Movement of Democracy has an interview with the museum’s former director, Valmont Layne.
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- District Six Museum
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The Johannesburg Development Agency has a variety of documents about the creation of Constitution Hill, as well as information about exhibitions and other projects at the site. The Constitution Hill official site has more information, including a virtual tour.
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- Constitution Hill
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The New York State Education Department has pages on the memorial, including a student guide.
Architectural Record has a slide show of photos of the memorial and a list of the people who worked on it.
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- Irish Hunger Memorial
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Over 45,000 panels of the AIDS quilt are viewable in an online database on the memorial’s official website.
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- AIDS Memorial Quilt
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The New York Times looks at American presidential visits to Gorée Island.
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- Maison des Esclaves (Slave House)
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The Goethe Institute has an article about countermonuments by the historian Paul Sigel.
On his website, Jochen Gerz includes a bibliography of writing about his work.
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- Monument Against Fascism
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YouTube has, in six parts, Ozren Milharcic’s 2006 feature documentary on the Bruce Lee statue,“Enter the Dragon”. Mostar is most famous for the elegant stone bridge that connected the east and west sides of town for over 400 years. In 1993, the bridge was intentionally destroyed; in 2004, it was reborn in an impeccable reconstruction.
The BBC has a short documentary of the local music group Mostar Sevdah Reunion performing on the bridge as it is being rebuilt. Despite the bridge’s return, Mostar remains a fragmented town; in 2003, the International Crisis Group issued a report on how unity could be achieved. The De/construction of Monument Project has details of its other monuments and projects throughout the former Yugoslavia. The New York Times points out a trend of memorializing pop heroes in Serbia, including a Rocky Balboa statue and plans for a Tarzan statue.
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- Bruce Lee Statue
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The Guardian published a short piece about popular ‘dark tourism’ sites.
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