Monday’s Monument: Heiwa-zo, Nagaoka, Japan

Monday’s Monument: Heiwa-zo, Nagaoka, Japan

At 10.30pm on August 1, 1945, 125 B-29 bombers flew over Nagaoka, Japan in an air raid. About 163,000 incendiary bombs totaling 925 tons were dropped on the city in one hour and 40 minutes, burning down 80 percent of the city. It took four days to cremate all the...
Monday’s Monument: Émile Zola Monument, Paris, France

Monday’s Monument: Émile Zola Monument, Paris, France

Émile Zola was a French novelist, playwright and journalist, known for his impassioned defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer in the French army who was unjustly accused of treason in a sensational trial dripping with antisemitism. Zola’s...