Japan too with colonization policies and wars of aggression inflicted incalculable irreversible harm on the peoples of many countries. We must reflect on war and the causes of war, not just nuclear weapons. We must learn the lessons of history, that we may learn and avoid the paths that led to war. As painful as the Peace Memorial Park exhibits were I was glad to have journeyed to Hiroshima. I will remember Pope John Paul's message at the entrance of the Peace Memorial Museum.
War is destruction of human life.
War is death. To remember the past is to Commit oneself to the future. To remember Hiroshima is to abhor nuclear war, To remember Hiroshima is to commit oneself to peace. To learn more about the atomic bomb and the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park visit the interent exhibit A-bomb WWW Project .