A-bombing exhibit in Poland displays collections from Hiroshima and Nagasaki Cities
Nov. 9, 2022
by Fumiyasu Miyano, Staff Writer
The “Hiroshima–Nagasaki Atomic Bomb and Peace Exhibition,” an overseas exhibit of artifacts from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, is being held at the Museum of the Second World War, in Gdańsk, Poland. The exhibit is being displayed in Poland for the first time. As Russia continues its invasion of neighboring Ukraine and its threat of the use of nuclear weapons, Takuo Takigawa, director of the Peace Memorial Museum, located in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward, stressed on a visit to the exhibit the significance of communicating information about the devastation caused by nuclear weapons. “The world’s attention is now focused on the A-bombed cities,” said Mr. Takigawa.
The city of Gdańsk, located in northern Poland, is known as the place where World War II began. Mr. Takigawa visited the city October 9–17. The October 14 exhibit’s opening was attended by about 200 citizens, who voiced deep concern about Russia’s possible use of nuclear weapons. When Mr. Takigawa attended a meeting held during October 11–13 featuring museum representatives from around the world, he mentioned that some of the participants had indicated their interest in holding the atomic bomb and peace exhibition.
At the Gdańsk event, held through the end of December, about 20 items are on display, including belongings of students who had been mobilized for work on that day and glass bottles deformed by the A-bomb’s heat. Also included are 31 photographic panels that explain the immediate aftermath of the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the opening event, some attendees were moved to tears as they watched a video of survivors explaining their A-bombing experiences.
The municipal governments of Hiroshima and Nagasaki started holding atomic bomb and peace exhibitions overseas in fiscal 1995, with the event now having been held in 56 cities of 20 countries around the world, including the one now being held in Gdańsk. Mr. Takigawa said, “Through the exhibit, I would like to make a strong appeal to visitors about what the consequences would be if nuclear weapons were to be used again.”
(Originally published on November 9, 2022)
The “Hiroshima–Nagasaki Atomic Bomb and Peace Exhibition,” an overseas exhibit of artifacts from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, is being held at the Museum of the Second World War, in Gdańsk, Poland. The exhibit is being displayed in Poland for the first time. As Russia continues its invasion of neighboring Ukraine and its threat of the use of nuclear weapons, Takuo Takigawa, director of the Peace Memorial Museum, located in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward, stressed on a visit to the exhibit the significance of communicating information about the devastation caused by nuclear weapons. “The world’s attention is now focused on the A-bombed cities,” said Mr. Takigawa.
The city of Gdańsk, located in northern Poland, is known as the place where World War II began. Mr. Takigawa visited the city October 9–17. The October 14 exhibit’s opening was attended by about 200 citizens, who voiced deep concern about Russia’s possible use of nuclear weapons. When Mr. Takigawa attended a meeting held during October 11–13 featuring museum representatives from around the world, he mentioned that some of the participants had indicated their interest in holding the atomic bomb and peace exhibition.
At the Gdańsk event, held through the end of December, about 20 items are on display, including belongings of students who had been mobilized for work on that day and glass bottles deformed by the A-bomb’s heat. Also included are 31 photographic panels that explain the immediate aftermath of the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the opening event, some attendees were moved to tears as they watched a video of survivors explaining their A-bombing experiences.
The municipal governments of Hiroshima and Nagasaki started holding atomic bomb and peace exhibitions overseas in fiscal 1995, with the event now having been held in 56 cities of 20 countries around the world, including the one now being held in Gdańsk. Mr. Takigawa said, “Through the exhibit, I would like to make a strong appeal to visitors about what the consequences would be if nuclear weapons were to be used again.”
(Originally published on November 9, 2022)
