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Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition in Hungary, France and Belgium
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Hiroshima City and Nagasaki City jointly hold the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition overseas, to communicate the reality of the damage from the bombing and foster international support for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
In 2018, the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition was held in Budapest, capital city of Hungary, Caen City in France, and Ypres City in Belgium.
The exhibition includes objects of those who lost their lives in the bombing such as the burned drink bottle of a junior high school student who died while working as a mobilized student, and twenty other actual articles including Sadako Sasaki's paper cranes.
There are also thirty panels explaining the actual damage from the bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and more.
At the Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum in Budapest City, following on from the exhibition in the first half of 2017, the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition was held again from December 20, 2017 until August 31, 2018.
Approximately 113,200 residents and tourist visited the exhibition.
The exhibition was held in Caen Memorial Museum in the city of Caen from September 20 to October 31, 2018.
There were around 10,000 visitors to the exhibition.
On September 19 at the opening ceremony, there were speeches by Mr. Kenji Shiga, the Director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and others.
The speeches were followed by a testimony by Atomic Bomb Witness Ms. Yoshiko Kajimoto, who used slides with maps and pictures in her presentation.
She also gave her atomic bomb testimony at two other locations in France.
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Ms. Kajimoto giving her atomic bomb testimony in the city of Cannes in France
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In Ypres City, which was subjected to full-scale use of chemical weapons for the first time in history during World War I, the Atomic Bomb Exhibition was held from November 9 to December 2, 2018 in Ypres Museum, at the same time as they marked 100 years since the end of World
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War I.
At the opening ceremony on November 9, there were speeches by Ypres Mayor Jan Durnez, Mr. Hajime Hayashi, the Japanese Ambassador to Belgium, Mr. Kenji Shiga, and others.
Ms. Sadae Kasaoka gave her atomic bomb testimony four times in locations in Belgium.
University students and residents listened intently to her talk, and asked many questions about the effects of radiation and the situation after the bombing.
By viewing the exhibition and listening to the atomic bomb testimony, visitors strengthened their desire for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the preciousness of peace.
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Ms. Kasaoka giving her atomic bomb testimony in the
city of Ypres in Belgium
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