Since 1995, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have jointly held the "Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb and Peace Exhibition" overseas to convey the reality of the atomic bombings and to foster international public opinion toward the abolition of nuclear weapons. The exhibition was held for the first time in Poland in 2022.
　The exhibition was held at the World War II Museum. The museum opened in March 2017 in the city of Gdansk, known as the site of the outbreak of World War II. The permanent exhibition consists of three blocks entitled "The Road to War", "The Horrors of War", and "The Long Shadow of War", which showcase Poland's war experience against a European and global backdrop.
　This Exhibition was postponed approximately two months from its original schedule to October 14, 2022, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection. At the opening ceremony, the Director of the World War II Museum, Mr. Grzegorz Berendt, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Akio Miyajima of the Embassy of Japan in Poland, and Mr. Takuo Takigawa, Director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, delivered opening remarks. Afterwards, a video recording of a hibakusha Yoshiko Kajimoto, giving her testimony with slides of maps and pictures, was shown. Attendees listened to her testimony, some with tears in their eyes.
　The exhibits include an armband worn by a junior high school student who was exposed to the atomic bombing while working as a mobilized student, a replica of a lunch box with its contents burned black, a paper crane folded by former U.S. President Barack Obama, and 20 other actual items, as well as 31 panels explaining the reality of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
　Visitors to the exhibition commented that they were able to truly feel the threat of nuclear weapons, and that it gave them a chance to think about the issue as their own amid concerns about the use of nuclear weapons by Russia.
　Prior to the opening ceremony at the Gdansk WWII Museum, Director Takigawa attended the World Battlefield Museum Forum 2022, a gathering of museum professionals from around the world, held at the museum from October 11 to 13. He made a presentation on the efforts of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum to pass on the A-bomb experience and the A-bomb and peace exhibitions. After the presentation, museum representatives from various countries expressed their interest in holding an A-bomb and peace exhibition.
　Although this exhibition had to be held after a change in the original schedule, visitors were able to deepen their understanding of the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons, in Poland which is a neighboring country of Ukraine where fierce warfare continues. They also reaffirmed their desire for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the preciousness of peace, through viewing A-bombed materials and listening to the A-bomb experiences of the hibakusha.