〈フィリピン〉リラ・ピリピーナ ベルリン・ミッテ区における平和の像撤去に関する声明
リラ・ピリピーナは、ドイツ・ベルリン・ミッテ地区に設置されて
「アリ」の愛称で呼ばれる平和の少女像は、第二次世界大戦中、日
地元住民や活動家からの抗議にもかかわらず、ベルリンのミッ
土地、人々、そして女性の略奪と搾取は帝国主義の特徴です。ドイ
ドイツはまた、太平洋地域における防衛同盟を強化するとともに、
これらの同盟は、米国をはじめとする西側諸国の利益にとって不可
第二次世界大戦終結から80年が経ちましたが、多くの「慰安婦
フィリピンでは、日本政府からの圧力により、2体の「慰安婦」像
リラ・ピリピーナは、ドイツ政府に対し、植民地支配を受けた人
リラ・ピリピーナは、あらゆる侵略戦争に反対し続け、太平洋戦
いかなる国も歴史を修正すべきではなく、誰が戦争の犠牲者として
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LILA Pilipina Statement on the Removal of the Friedensstatue in Mitte District, Berlin
October 17, 2025
LILA PILIPINA condemns the removal of the Friedensstatue that stood in Mitte District, Berlin in Germany purportedly due to a court order that denied granting exception to an extension for the public exhibition of the statue. The statue, as is publicly known, has long been the subject of pressures from the Japanese government for its removal.
The Friedensstatue, nicknamed “Ari”, commemorated the 200,000 girls and women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Empire during World War II, euphemistically called the “comfort women”. However, “Ari” also symbolized the global problem of sexual violence and femicide and the strength of survivors who have fought and continue to fight for a better world for women.
Despite protests from locals and activists, the Mitte district in Berlin had the statue removed on the morning of the 18th of October, 2025, accompanied by approximately 30 police officers. Though Germany is a country that made itself known for upholding the remembrance of victims of the Holocaust in World War II, it is now unashamedly complicit in the erasure of the memory of Japan’s war crimes. By agreeing to remove the Friedensstatue, Germany also aids the efforts by powerful imperialist nations to conceal the violent effects of colonialism.
The plunder and exploitation of land, people, and women are characteristics of imperialism. Germany is also complicit in this because it profits from militarism and wars of aggression. It benefits from their partnership with countries like Israel, with many German leaders declaring that Israel’s security is a matter of German national state interest and even suppressing, in its own territory, citizen protests against the US-Israeli Occupation of Palestine.
Germany is also profiting from expanding their military alliance with Japan, as they strengthen their defense alliances in the Pacific, with Prime Minister Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) describing Japan as their “premium partner” in Asia.
These alliances are vital to US and other Western powers’ interests. The erasure of war crime narratives are attempts to legitimize their warmongering and maintain their control over a substantial part of the world.
It has been 80 years since World War II ended, and many of the comfort women have passed away without an apology or reparations from the Japanese government. Instead, the Japanese government has been persistent for decades in its campaign for historical revision, often pressuring other governments to remove historical markers that serve as reminders of its wartime
atrocities in the minds of the public. Thus has been the case in the Philippines where two “comfort women” statues have been removed, also due to pressures from the Japanese government.
Lila Pilipina calls on the German government to reevaluate their policy of prioritizing war over the right of colonized peoples to justice.
Lila Pilipina continues to oppose all wars of aggression and assert that the current and future generations should not have to experience the sexual violence during World War II, whether it happened in the Pacific or the Western theater. No country should be revising history, nor be selective on who they deem as “worthy” victims of war.
Lila Pilipina is the organization of Filipino Comfort Women.
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