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Name/email: __Chie_/__ st05021@sakaihigashi.osaka-c.ed.jp School: __sakaihigashi high school___ __Age:__ _18 __Country:__ _Japan___

1) How does your community (school, town, country) select to remember World War II? Examples: holidays, memorials, songs, movies, books…

In Japan, there is a memorial day. It is August 6. The day is an atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. We pray for peace this day. And, there is an atom bomb memorial, too.

2) Do you know of anyone who was involved in some aspect of the World War II? If so, what is their connection? If possible, can you send a picture?

My grandmother was a primary schoolchild in those days. My grandmother lived in the country to escape from war. She says that the war was very fearful.

3) Is there anything else you would like to add?


 * The damage that war gave to children**

The war gave the big damage to a lot of innocent people. Of course it gave a lot of damage to children. I feel sorry for children who lost their lives, but I feel sorry for children who lost their parents, too. There are a lot of movies which featured the theme of war in Japan. And, There are the animated movies which featured the theme of children who lost their parents. This movie’s name is “//HOTARUNOHAKA//”. This mean is “The grave of the firefly”. The chief character of this movie is a boy. He is 14 years old and he has a younger sister. She is 4 years old. They lost their mother and house in an air raid. And they live with their relative. But they leave relative’s home, and they live in an air raid shelter. But food runs short, and younger sister dies. And the boy becomes lonely. We can know pains of the children that a relative has died by this movie. I feel the war is very terrible. War only makes sorrow. So, we must not fight. And, this movie is easy to understand. I want you to see it.