Introduction to Permanent Exhibition 

Chapter 2. A Meeting Between the Past and the Present: Where Memories Live on 

  The grandmothers'hHalmonis’ past is still passing by without reconciling with the present.

  Look into the history of the past and see what activities we arehave been doing in the present to overcome it.

The History Room 1 

: ‘Comfort Women’ and ‘Sexual Slavery’

Through the exhibitionExhibited Jof Japanese military documents and related resources , we reveal the truth about the Japanese military sexual slavery problemissue. You will also examine the reality of the Japanese military sexual slavery “comfort women” system as a state crime that was organized and systematically committed by the Japanese military, along with the painful experiencedexperience of by the victims in the comfort stations and in the post-war situation.

The History Room 2

: The Japanese Military and the ‘Comfort Women’ System 

From the 1930s to the defeat of Japan in 1945, the Japanese military systematically established "military comfort stations” and mobilized women from the occupied areas and colonial womenits colonies to make them sexual slaves. The Japanese militararmy referred to these women as "Comfort Women," but in reality, it was a crime of rape, which is far from the word "comfort."

The History Room 3

: ‘Comfort Station’ 

The houses in areas designated by the Japanese military were frequently used as the “comfort station” buildings, and b. Because several rooms were needed, school buildings, or temples, tents, barracks, or even buildings that the Japanese army built buildings suchused to be as schools and temples were also utilizedused as “comfort stations”.” Tents and barracks were also employed, and the military built new ones themselves. In times of urgent warDuring battlebattles, women were raped in caves or air raid shelters. Inside the “comfort station,” there was usually simple bedding or a mattress, a basin for washing, etc., in a small room divided by a partition. The closer to the front most part of battlesline, the simpler and poorer the “comfort stations” become. Some women of the “comfort station” stayed in one “comfort station,” while others traveled around the front line along certainspecific units or toured units near the front line that did not have a “comfort station.”

The History Room 4

: After the Liberation

Under strict surveillance and control, the “Comfort” women had to deal with as many as dozens of soldiers a day. The victims , and they were abused, sexually tortured, and even forced to kill themselves by soldiersthemthe soldieressoldiers, including violence, torture, and forced to commit suicide. WThe women who had had werestayed in the "comfort station" at the end of the war faced another harsh fate with Japan's defeat. According to the victims' testimonies, they were forced to commit suicidekill themselves, being mass murdered, or abandoned in the "comfort station."station.

The History of the Movement 1 

: reak the Silence

침묵을 깨트리다. 전쟁이 끝나고 반세기에 가까운 시간이 흘렀지만 일본군위안부 문제는 여전히 역사의 뒤안길에서 그 진실을 드러내지 못하고 있었다. 강요당한 침묵을 깨고 시작된 ‘그녀들의 외침’은 그 진실을 밝히는 새로운 역사의 물줄기가 되어 흘러나갔다. 일본군성노예제 문제 해결을 위한 운동의 발자취를 따라간다. 전시물과 영상을 통해 법정투쟁, 국제활동 등의 기록을 살펴보고, 지금도 계속되고 있는 수요시위의 현장을 경험한다. 일본대사관 앞 평화로에 세워진 평화비를 만난다.

The History of the Movement 2

: Punish the Responsible

Although the Japanese the government's involvement began to becocame clearapparent, the Japanese governmenit only took stopgap measures without acknowledging full responsibility and fulfilling its legal obligations. Thus, various activities were developed to respond to them.

The History of the Movement 3 

: Building Hopes by Building Solidarity 

The movement to resolve “Japanese military sexual slavery” issues spread to a liquidation of past history and a peace movement, along with survivor support to surviving victimsactivities, and developed into a solidarity action to stop violence against women beyond Korea and Asia.

The History of the Movement 4 The Wednesday Protests

: The Wednesday Protests 

The Wednesday Pprotest began on January 8, 1992, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Korea on the occasion of former Japanese Prime Minister Miyazawa's visit to Korea, urging the Japanese government to resolve the issue of Japanese military sexual slavery and expressing our determination that we will not stop until the issue is resolved. The protest, which started with the voices of about 10ten womenfemale participants, including those from The Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, has transformed into an open space for women's rights and peace through the participation of numerous citizens until theits 1,000th anniversary on December 14, 2011. Survivors of the Japanese military sexual slavery have been on the front line, and the protests are organized or participated in by a group of members from Jeong Dae-hyup, women'sfeminist organizations groups, civil society groups, religious circles, and citizens. The Wednesday Pprotest-- , which has been established as a spaceplace for historical education in solidarity with victims and citizens, and a place for calling for women's human rights and peace-- , is also a valuable result of world solidarity that pursues justice beyond borders, ideology, generations, and gender. The Wednesday Pprotest continues in front of the Japanese Embassy in Korea every Wednesday at 12 o'clocknoon.

The Life of ‘Comfort Women’

Using the touchscreen, yYou will take a closer look at the records of the lives of 30 victims' lives, includingthrough a touchscreen full of photos, newspaper articles, and video testimonies.. Through the touchscreen, you can meet 30 grandmothershalmonis with a fingertip.

The victims' hands and relics are displayed, along with a panel introducingshowing theirthe damage records of the dates and regions that they werebeing victimized, such as the timing and region of being taken.

The Donors’ Wall

The list of supporters who became the foundation for the construction of the War and Women's Human Rights Mmuseum is engraved on the central wall of the second floor. About Names of about 7,500 namespeople are engraved on the donor's wall, . They includeing 5,600 Korean individuals, and s, s and 400 Koreans from different organizations and institutions. More than, and more than 1,500 people and organizations worked hard to build the museum at home and from abroad. In addition, there are 1,400 particular, Japanese peoplecitizens andand organizations account for as many as 1,400 cases.

The Memorial Hall

The sides of the bricks display the faces and death dates of the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery fill the sides of the bricks. YAdditionally, you can also pay tribute totribute the victimsthose who were unable tocould not have theirse names and faces could not be remembered through the black bricks. It is a space where aAnyone can offer flowers directly, and you can donate for the following flowers for future visitors.