Collection Exhibition
"Still Missing"
| Date: | February 27, 2021―September, 2021 |
| Venue: | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum East Building 1F, Special Exhibition Room |
"A piece of roof tile as a replacement of remains" Donated by Heitaro Hamada
The donor's elder sister, Teruyo Hamada (then, 21), was exposed to the bomb at her workplace.
On the 8th, her mother Kato (then, 51) found seven charred black remains at Teruyo's burned-out workplace, but she could not identify any of them as Teruyo.
She brought these fragments of roof tiles home from that place and always treasured them as a substitute for her daughter's ashes.
The donor's younger sister, Takako (then, 12) was also exposed to the bomb at her mobilization worksite.
She died on the 7th.
Kato lost both of her daughters in the A-bombing.
She didn't talk much about the atomic bomb until she died at the age of 83.
On August 6, 1945, a single atomic bomb turned the city of Hiroshima to ruins in an instant. Many people died painful deaths after being burned and exposed to huge amounts of radiation.
This exhibition presents items related to five persons who went missing due to the atomic bombing.
"A piece of roof tile as a replacement of remains" Donated by Heitaro Hamada
The donor's elder sister, Teruyo Hamada (then, 21), was exposed to the bomb at her workplace.
On the 8th, her mother Kato (then, 51) found seven charred black remains at Teruyo's burned-out workplace, but she could not identify any of them as Teruyo.
She brought these fragments of roof tiles home from that place and always treasured them as a substitute for her daughter's ashes.
The donor's younger sister, Takako (then, 12) was also exposed to the bomb at her mobilization worksite.
She died on the 7th.
Kato lost both of her daughters in the A-bombing.
She didn't talk much about the atomic bomb until she died at the age of 83.
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