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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Special Exhibition
"Volunteer Citizen Corps - Building Demolition that Worsened the Tragedy
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On August 6, the day of the bombing, the volunteer citizen corps, which had been formed by community or by workplace,
had been mobilized to carry out building demolition works in Hiroshima. These demolition works were intended to create firebreaks,
and were conducted in the vicinity of the hypocenter. Because of this, the mobilized volunteer citizen corps suffered
a great many casualties in the bombing. Many people, including those who were mobilized not only from Hiroshima City
but also from neighboring towns and villages, were simultaneously exposed to the bomb.
Through the records of town and village offices, company records, and memoirs
of the bereaved families, we would like to introduce the casualties suffered
by the volunteer citizen corps, the sorrow of people who were left behind
and some stories of their hardship after the A-bombing.
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