ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE (France): the horror of WWII
法國格拉訥河畔奧拉杜爾鎮(zhèn)(Oradour-sur-Glane)曾經(jīng)歷過慘痛的血洗。二戰(zhàn)時(shí)的德國納粹分子先屠殺了642位城中居民，作為對法國抵抗的一種處罰，在遭受了滅絕人性的血洗后，格拉訥河畔奧拉杜爾變成了一座死城。
它的廢墟今天作為反戰(zhàn)紀(jì)念品被保留下來，記錄戰(zhàn)爭的恐怖，警示當(dāng)代。
The small village of Oradour-sur-Glane, France, is the setting of unspeakable horror. During World War II, 642 residents were massacred by German soldiers as punishment for the French Resistance. The Germans had initially intended to target nearby Oradour-sur-Vayres and mistakenly invaded Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10th 1944. According to a survivor’s account, the men were herded into barns where they were shot in the legs so they would die more slowly. The women and children, who had been held in a church, all perished when their attempt to escape was met by machine-gun fire. The village was razed by the Germans afterward. Its ruins still stand today as a memorial to the dead and a reminder of the events that took place.
6.軍艦島(日本)——生命禁區(qū)的島嶼城
GUNKANJIMA (Japan): the forbidden island
軍艦島(Gunkan-jima)是日本長崎縣505個(gè)荒島之一，距離長崎市15公里。島嶼外觀形似戰(zhàn)艦。1890年，三菱公司買下此島，并在這里開發(fā)海底的煤炭資源。曾是世界歷史上有記錄的高人口密度區(qū)之一，平均每公頃的人口密度為835人之多。
This island is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture of Japan about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki itself. It is also known as "Gunkan-jima" or Battleship Island thanks to its high sea walls. It began in 1890 when a company called Mitsubishi bought the island and began a project to retrieve coal from the bottom of the sea. This attracted much attention, and in 1916 they were forced to build Japan’s first large concrete building on the island. A block of apartments that would both accommodate the seas of workers and protect them from hurricanes.
隨著資源的枯竭以及經(jīng)濟(jì)的蕭條，三菱公司于1974年正式宣布關(guān)閉這個(gè)煤礦，所以現(xiàn)在那兒空空如野，也禁止參觀。
同時(shí)，這做被遺棄的城市卻給電影《大逃殺2：鎮(zhèn)魂歌》以及電腦游戲《殺手7》提供了靈感來源。
In 1959, population had swelled, and boasted a density of 835 people per hectare for the whole island (1,391 per hectare for the residential district) - one of the highest population densities ever recorded worldwide. As petroleum replaced coal in Japan in the 1960’s, coal mines began shutting down all over the country, and Hashima’s mines were no exception. In 1974 Mitsubishi officially announced the closing of the mine, and today it is empty and bare, with travel currently prohibited. The island was the location for the 2003 film 'Battle Royale II’ and inspired the final level of popular Asian videogame "Killer7".
