Kirsten Joergensen, minister of Culture and Citizenship Services in Aarhus, Denmark, and Ib Christensen, director of the Culture Bureau of Aarhus, visited the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on Nov. 12. Their visit was in preparation of the creation of a statue honoring a Dane who saved Chinese during the Nanjing Massacre.
Danish national Bernhard Arp Sindberg and German engineer Karl Günther set up refugee areas and a small hospital near the former Jiangnan Cement Plant, and protected nearly 20,000 Chinese refugees during the Nanjing Massacre.
Joergensen and Christensen learned the details of the history of the Nanjing Massacre at the memorial hall to prepare for the installation of a statue of Sindberg and relevant exhibitions.
Nanjing and Aarhus each will recommend one sculpture artist, who will work together to make the statue of Sindberg. The 1:1 bronze sculpture will be completed in early September next year, and will be placed in the memorial park in downtown Aarhus.
Kirsten Joergensen, minister of Culture and Citizenship Services in Aarhus, Denmark, and Ib Christensen, director of the Culture Bureau of Aarhus, visited the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on Nov. 12. Their visit was in preparation of the creation of a statue honoring a Dane who saved Chinese during the Nanjing Massacre.
(File photos of Bernhard Arp Sindberg in Nanjing)
