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Visit to Museum by Seven Youth Educators from German Museums
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Seven employees of German museums responsible for youth education projects visited the Peace Memorial Museum on November 13, 2012.
The group was in Japan as part of the 2012 Japan-Germany youth instructors' seminar, "Youth Education at Museums".
After viewing the exhibits at the museum, the group held a discussion with the director of the Museum, Mr. Maeda, and other Museum employees.
The German participants raised issues such as the aging of the survivors of the Jewish concentration camps and the fact that there are children who do not want to see exhibits related to war, and also asked questions about the situation at the Peace Memorial Museum.
There was a suggestion that approaching war from the perspective of family history may enable children to see war as something that they can relate to, by appealing to their humanity.
Although the discussion was short, this was a precious opportunity to hear directly about the current situation at German museums.
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(Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Outreach Division)
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