Peace Declaration By Mayor Shinzo Hamai Of Hiroshima (August 6, 1964). Read By – Shinzo Hamai. A2. Song To The Statue Of The A-Bombed Children. Vocals – Hiroko OgiWords By – D. G. Britton. Matrix, Runout (Stamped): PS-235-1.
Shinzo Hamai (浜井 信三 Hamai Shinzō, May 28, 1905 - February 26, 1968) was the first popularly elected Mayor of Hiroshima (served 1947-1955 and again 1959-1967). He created Hiroshima's image as a city of peace. In 1931, he graduated from the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University, and in 1935 became employed by Hiroshima Municipality. He married Fumiko (born 1914), and they had one son and three daughters.
The Statue of Peace (Korean: 평화의 소녀상, Pyeonghwaui sonyeosang), also often called Sonyeosang (literally "Statue of Girl") in Korean pronunciation or Comfort Woman Statue (慰安婦像 Ianfu-zō) only in Japan, is a symbol of the victims of sexual slavery, known as comfort women, by the Japanese imperial military during World War II. The Statue of Peace was erected to call for apology and remembrance.
Every August 6, "A-Bomb Day", the city of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace. The ceremony is held in front of the Memorial Cenotaph in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Participants include the families of the deceased and people from all over the world. This traditional ceremony began in 1947 by the then Hiroshima Mayor Shinzo Hamai.
An annual speech delivered by the Mayor of Hiroshima on August 6, the day that city was destroyed by an atom bomb delivered by a US B-29. That speech has been delivered regularly since 1947, except for 1950, when the US occupation forces prohibited Mayor Shinzo Hamai to deliver the speech. The Peace Declaration at first touched upon issues such as nuclear disarmament, but since the 1980s also issues such as armed conflicts around the world in general.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum – Visits by foreign tourists to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum hit a record high of 338,891 in 2015. Nagasaki was bombed a few days later. remains the only country to have used nuclear weapons. These children had been injured by the bomb and taken to the army hospital for treatment but had soon died," she said. The hands and legs sticking out of the stretcher swung with the motion. My chest suddenly seized with emotion. A similar annual speech is also delivered by the Mayor of Nagasaki since 1948 . Robert Jungk, Children of the Ashes. Yoshiteru Kosakai, Hiroshima Peace Reader (Hiroshima, 1980).
HIROSHIMA - Below is the full text of the Peace Declaration delivered Thursday by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui at the ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima: In our town, we had the warmth of family life, the deep human bonds of community, festivals heralding each season, traditional culture and buildings passed down through history, as well as riversides where children played. Children stole or fought routinely to survive. A young boy rendered an A-bomb orphan still lives alone; a wife was divorced when her exposure was discovered. The suffering continues. President Obama and other policymakers, please come to the A-bombed cities, hear the hibakusha with your own ears, and encounter the reality of the atomic bombings. Surely, you will be impelled to start discussing a legal framework, including a nuclear weapons convention.
The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of a new and most cruel bomb. The Manhattan Project. entry into World War II.
Children Of The A Bomb book. A heart-wrenching collection from a large variety of children who experienced the destruction of Hiroshima by an atomic bomb. Collected 6 years after the event it's amazing to hear from children who were between 5 and 12 when the bomb exploded. Jan 12, 2011 Becky rated it really liked it.
