Various Korean American groups could not reach consensus on the design and wording for a monument in Fort Lee as of early April 2013 to the memory of comfort women , tens of thousands of women and girls , many Korean , who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II . In May 2012 , borough officials in neighboring Palisades Park rejected requests by two diplomatic delegations from Japan to remove such a monument from a public park , a brass plaque on a block of stone , dedicated in 2010 ; days later , a South Korean delegation had endorsed Palisades Park 's decision . In October 2012 , a similar memorial was announced in nearby Hackensack , to be raised behind the Bergen County Courthouse , alongside memorials to the Holocaust , the Irish Potato Famine , and the Armenian Genocide , and was unveiled in March 2013 . On May 23 , 2018 , a comfort women memorial was installed in Constitution Park in Fort Lee , NJ . Youth Council of Fort Lee , a student student organization led by Korean American high school students in Fort Lee designed the memorial
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Koreatown, Fort Lee