The Column of Strength, WWII Comfort Women Memorial. Japanese, Korean & Philippine women represent female sex slavery for Japanese soldiers during war
The Column of Strength, San Francisco Comfort Women Memorial by Sculptor Steven Whyte stalled in San Francisco in 2017. The memorial statue is made of bronze and stands at 10-feet tall. It is dedicated to the "comfort women" who were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. It depicts three young women atop a pedestal — one each from China, Korea, and the Philippines — standing in a circle, holding hands. Another bronze figure stands next to and looks at the statue of the girls, an older woman who bears a resemblance to the first comfort woman to come forward about her experiences, the Korean activist Kim Hak-Sun.
Size: 6016px × 4016px
Location: St Mary's Square, San Francisco, CA, USA
Photo credit: © Ida Pap / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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