Battle

Your World, My World

Battle

Swearing, arguing, wars, they seem to be as essential to our lives as sleeping, eating and having sex. They belong to all peoples and all cultures. In the course of centuries, spread throughout the earth, many weapons have been developed, from spears to the atomic bomb. The world has suffered many such pains.

Battles and war are the result of fear of not having access to basic sources of existence such as food, water and accommodation. They follow from hunger for power or because of religious convictions. Sometimes out of idealism: battle for equality or freedom. Battle pays, believes the strongest party. But does battle have winners? Any battle, no matter how holy, involves many victims. Each war goes hand in hand with fear and sorrow. So what is the alternative? Whoever does not wish to throw bombs and spill blood, will fight using words, negotiate, will try to come to agreement.

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Children's toys in the exhibition

Militarisation of the nursery

The miniature soldiers were made for children, but were invented for adults. These toys may appear innocent, but they are not.

Replica of Fat Man

The bomb that destroyed a city

This terrifying-looking bomb is a replica of “Fat Man”, the atomic bomb that was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. It marked the begin of the end of World War II. Lees verder

Order in court!

Symbols

Has a cup of coffee anything to do with justice and peace? Lees verder