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Korean-German exhibit highlights WWII sex slavery

Korea and Germany are to hold a joint photo exhibition detailing atrocities from World War II.

Korea's state-run Northeast Asia History Foundation and Germany's Ravensbrück Memorial Museum will hold the Korea-Germany Forced Sexual Slavery Exhibition against the backdrop of rising awareness of the plight of "Comfort Women."

The exhibition will be held at Seoul's Seodaemun Prison History Hall from Nov. 15-30 and will compare the plight of women in Nazi concentration camps and imperial Japanese military camps. In addition to official photos, videos, and news articles, it will include sculptures, illustrations, and paintings made by the survivors themselves as well as other chronicles of the horrors of war.
Read entire article at Korea.net