Hackensack in Bergen County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Comfort Women

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 16, 2013

1. Comfort Women Marker

Inscription. In memory of
hundreds of thousands of women and girls from Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, the Netherlands, and Indonesia who were forced into sexual slavery by
the Armed Forces of Imperial Japan
before and during World War II.

Dedicated on March 8, 2013

County of Bergen, New Jersey
Bergen County Executive
The Board of Chosen Freeholders
Comfort Women Memorial Committee
Residents of Bergen County

Erected 2013 by County of Bergen, New Jersey.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is March 8, 2013.

Location. 40° 52.729′ N, 74° 2.653′ W. Marker is in Hackensack, New Jersey, in Bergen County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Court Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Marker is located on the west side of the Bergen County Court House. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hackensack NJ 07601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s North Jersey,

in Greater Newark,

and in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Slavery (here, next to this marker); Armenian Genocide (here, next to this marker); The Great Hunger (here, next to this marker); Holocaust (here, next to this marker); The Green

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(within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named The Green (within shouting distance of this marker); Hackensack War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of the Court-House & Jail (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hackensack.

Also see . . . Tensions linger in US over 'comfort women' plaques. History News Network website entry:
Article discussing reaction to the Comfort Woman plaque by those who support the plaque and others who want to see it removed. (Submitted on April 16, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 16, 2013

2. Comfort Women Marker

Marker at the Bergen County Court House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, April 16, 2013

3. Marker at the Bergen County Court House

Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 988 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 16, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.