Exhibition: A-bomb Drawings by Survivors
"People who encountered the A-bomb"
■ Period: Until June 15 (Sun), 2014
■ Venue: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, East Building, B1 exhibition room (4)
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In 1978, 2,225 pictures of the atomic bombing sent into NHK Hiroshima broadcasting station by A-bomb survivors in response to the call by NHK.
These were later donated to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
In 2002, the Museum, NHK Hiroshima and Chugoku Shimbun newspaper issued a call for "A-bomb Drawings", and 1,338 pictures were sent in.
People have continued since then to create pictures of the atomic bombing and still send them in to the Museum even today.
The Museum sets a theme every year and displays pictures in accordance with the theme.
This time 34 pictures are on display, in line with the theme "People who encountered the A-bomb", to show various people who survived the massive destruction of the atomic bombing.
The atomic bomb destroyed the city in an instant, and took the lives of so many men and women, young and old.
Many of those who managed to survive were left scarred, losing their home and family, wandering around looking for somewhere to evacuate, and forced to live in hardship from day to day.
These pictures convey the suffering and sadness of people who have been on the brink of death, the inhumanity of the atomic bomb that turned their daily lives upside down, and the message of the survivors who lived through the period after the atomic bombing.
We hope that these pictures help people understand the actual damage inflicted by the bomb.
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Created by: Mr. Yoshio Takahara
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