【环球英语】城市毁灭(3)

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Richard Howard
Coventry
He said, "Do not fight back. We must build a more simple, more kind, and more Christian world."
camps
iron nails
said, "We want to forgive the people who hurt us."
Dresden
Sixteen young Germans visited Coventry.
International Centre for ReconciliationBut one man resisted the desire to fight back. He was Richard Howard. He was the chief priest of the ruined church in Coventry. He said, "Do not fight back. We must build a more simple, more kind, and more Christian world."
This was not an easy message. Terrible things were happening in the war. People were being murdered in camps because of what they believed.
In the destroyed church in Coventry, people found some iron nails that had fallen from the burning roof. They made a cross from these nails. To Christians, the cross is a sign of pain and forgiveness. The people who made it said, "We want to forgive the people who hurt us."
In 1959, the people of Coventry and the people of Dresden decided to reach out as friends to one another. It was a special time. Sixteen young Germans visited Coventry. They helped to build an International Centre for Reconciliation in the ruins of the old church.