Wednesday 12 December 2012

Halabja Monument Part 4

This is the last video of the monument that I have made. It provides vital information on the Halabja city and the monument as well as it's an interview with one of the survivors which is Omed.

 
 






The top photo shows the Halabja Monument. The way in which this is built has many significants. On the outside of the monument at the top it's shaped in 4 hands to show the 4 parts of Kurdistan. The line that connects the 4 hands to the rest of the monument is decorated in the Kurdish flag as shown in the photo below. Around the roof of the monument its made in the shape of circles, this represents what the chemical bombs looked like when it hit the ground also the effect it had on the persons skin before it became burnt.
 
 
The tragedy occurred on 16th March 1988. Inside the monument is a big round hall in the centre where around the walls their are the names of the martyred people and family (5,000 martyred) also the table in middle the diameter is 3m to show the third month (March). Front the bottom to the top the measurement is 19m and 88cm which symbolises the year 1988. The monument is made up of 16 pillars which reflects on the 16th day of the third month.
 
These are various statues, awards and certificate that the has been given to the monument from different countries and areas of Iraq:
 





 
The next photos are of Ali Hassan Majid in the newspapers, the rope he was hung with which was given to the monument as well as the pen and papers that were signed for him to be prosecuted. Also Saddam Hussein when he was in court as well as a picture of his 2 sons before they were tortured and killed.
 
 

This ink of this pen is green to show that Kurdistan is a green country, to be an independent nation and when given the opportunity bigger things can be expected of them.







 
I went to the graveyard where it contained the mass graveyards that had been built for the martyr's of the tragedy.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 Below are the final photo's of the Halabja monument.
 






 
 
The photo below was taken in August 2012. On the left is the vehicle that Omed was wounded in which is kept till this day as well as on the right on the floor are the containers of the bombs that have been found in various areas of Halabja city and its surroundings. These have been kept for almost 25 years to show that their is more evidence for the people that do not believe that this disaster has happened to the Kurds. When looking at the front of the vehicle you can see that the gas has had an effect on it and is still visible today. 

 
 

 
The significance of the picture below is that, it belonged to a women, on the day when she got married she was martyred. Now after nearly 25 years ago when she was placed into one of the mass graves around the Halabja city. A couple of years ago, people were building new roads for the city when they discovered this mass grave and it contained this piece of gold that goes around the neck. It has been presented to the monument.





 
 


 
 


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