Photos of eight nuns, including two newly registered, made available to public at Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for Atomic Bomb Victims
Mar. 20, 2020
by Junji Akechi, Staff Writer
On March 19, the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, in the city’s Naka Ward, made available to the public for the first time photographs of eight nuns exposed to the atomic bombing at the Misasa convent of soeurs Auxiliatrices (Helping Sisters) Japon. The convent was located in Kusunoki-cho (now part of Nishi Ward), about 2.3 kilometers from the hypocenter.
Soeurs Auxiliatrices Japon, Tokyo, newly registered photos of two Japanese nuns with the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims. Until now, photos of six non-Japanese nuns (three French, two Italians, and one Irish) were registered but not made available to the public. However, with the new registration of the two Japanese nuns, the organization decided to also make available the photos of the six non-Japanese nuns.
The two newly registered nuns are Kiyoko Ito (who died at the age of 105 in May 2019) and Asobu Yamada (who died at the age of 102 in January 2020).
According to soeurs Auxiliatrices Japon, seven of the eight nuns, except one of the French nuns, experienced the atomic bombing at the Misasa convent. They later transferred to the Nagatsuka Jesuit novitiate (present-day Jesus-Kai Nagatsuka Shudoin) in Gion-cho (now part of Asaminami Ward), where they worked with Father Pedro Arrupe to help care with others for the wounded.
(Originally published on March 20, 2020)
On March 19, the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, in the city’s Naka Ward, made available to the public for the first time photographs of eight nuns exposed to the atomic bombing at the Misasa convent of soeurs Auxiliatrices (Helping Sisters) Japon. The convent was located in Kusunoki-cho (now part of Nishi Ward), about 2.3 kilometers from the hypocenter.
Soeurs Auxiliatrices Japon, Tokyo, newly registered photos of two Japanese nuns with the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims. Until now, photos of six non-Japanese nuns (three French, two Italians, and one Irish) were registered but not made available to the public. However, with the new registration of the two Japanese nuns, the organization decided to also make available the photos of the six non-Japanese nuns.
The two newly registered nuns are Kiyoko Ito (who died at the age of 105 in May 2019) and Asobu Yamada (who died at the age of 102 in January 2020).
According to soeurs Auxiliatrices Japon, seven of the eight nuns, except one of the French nuns, experienced the atomic bombing at the Misasa convent. They later transferred to the Nagatsuka Jesuit novitiate (present-day Jesus-Kai Nagatsuka Shudoin) in Gion-cho (now part of Asaminami Ward), where they worked with Father Pedro Arrupe to help care with others for the wounded.
(Originally published on March 20, 2020)
