The German U-20 Women’s Team visited the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.

A special event took place for the U-20 Women of the German Football Association, which is currently preparing for the World Championships in Japan, held on Saturday: Team, coach and coaching staff visited the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. The plant was in memory of the victims of the atomic bomb on the city 2 shedding World War II, built as a memorial for peace.

After a tour of the park, where the delegation was brought closer to the moving story of Hiroshima, put both captain and Ramona Petzelberger Dzsenifer Marozsan one wreath at the "memorial for the victims of the atomic bomb" down.

Petzelberger: "An honour for us"

Captain Ramona Petzelberger showed emotion: "It was important, our hosts to show respect, it was important to us to visit this park is a great honour for us makes us again that there is something special.. Japan to play in a World Cup may be. "

Source: dfb.de

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Permalink Reply by Gromit on August 18, 2012 at 13:05

Good initiative. Too many young people ignore History and its dramas today. It's up to those young generations to prevent such horrors happening again in the future and building a world in peace. Sports - and Women's Football with its usual fair-play spirit has it place - must help different people to know and accept each others.

Permalink Reply by 2xehxtxemyk65 on August 18, 2012 at 13:18

Your point is well taken, Gromit. Ladies´ football has the potential of being a unifying force in the world. Well understood, it must be competitive, else it will be tedious and uninteresting, but as you say the different nature of women´s soccer gives it chance to serve a different role.

With regards to the historical aspects, maybe a Russian oil baron could be persuaded to sponsor a regular ladies U-tournament in Volgagrad?

Permalink Reply by Gromit on August 18, 2012 at 13:38

About Women's Football players giving a hand to apease sometimes difficult international relations between countries, I love Homare Sawa's initiative of painting her nails with both Japanese and Chinese flags before a match against China. It was at the last Olympics qualifying match played by the Nadeshiko in Jinan, China, on 11th September 2011.

Permalink Reply by Terence Fullick on August 18, 2012 at 15:42

Gromit said:

About Women's Football players giving a hand to apease sometimes difficult international relations between countries, I love Homare Sawa's initiative of painting her nails with both Japanese and Chinese flags before a match against China. It was at the last Olympics qualifying match played by the Nadeshiko in Jinan, China, on 11th September 2011.

Permalink Reply by Terence Fullick on August 18, 2012 at 15:47

Very apt picture Gromit in view of the current dispute between China and Japan over an island, Sport is such a wonderful vehicle to promote understanding and respect between countries, well done to the German team for their visit.

Permalink Reply by 2xehxtxemyk65 on August 18, 2012 at 16:02

Remember the DDR?

Terence Fullick said:

Very apt picture Gromit in view of the current dispute between China and Japan over an island, Sport is such a wonderful vehicle to promote understanding and respect between countries, well done to the German team for their visit.

Permalink Reply by Gromit on August 18, 2012 at 16:06

A visit to Hiroshima by U-20 US's team would be of course an even stronger and more symbolic gesture. Maybe is its location too far from Hiroshima ? I didn't check.

Permalink Reply by 2xehxtxemyk65 on August 18, 2012 at 16:45

It has been said that the Second World War was won by the inventiveness and suffering of the Soviet peoples together with the industrial might, inventiveness and Navy of the USA. The Brits would probably throw in a certain gentleman with a cigar and a gift with words for good measure. It was six horrendous years, and if you go back to 1933 it was 12. None would want to see it repeated. Let´s hope it isn´t, though there are enough nasty dictatorships left for the risk to be there.

The name of Sohn Kee-Chung is not without relevance here.

Gromit said:

A visit to Hiroshima by U-20 US's team would be of course an even stronger and more symbolic gesture. Maybe is its location too far from Hiroshima ? I didn't check.

Permalink Reply by Terence Fullick on August 19, 2012 at 13:36

Very moving, well done to those young ladies.

Permalink Reply by Gromit on August 19, 2012 at 13:43

Thank you Michelle. I'm happy they did it. When I made my remark, I hadn't realized USA was in the same group than Germany and was actually at Horoshima too. There was no malice at all when I wondered if they were too far from the city. That's great they could do it :o)