Returned from the “cross” rice destroyed by the atomic bomb 18:29 on August 7, Nagasaki
The Catholic Church in Nagasaki, destroyed by the atomic bomb, was found in the debris of Urakami Catholic Church, and the cross that was brought back by a lieutenant of the American army was returned on the 7th.
This cross was found in the debris of the Urakami Catholic Church in Nagasaki City, which was destroyed by the atomic bomb. Soon after the end of the war, Walter Hook, who came to Nagasaki for occupation as a lieutenant of the US military, brought it back to the United States. Thing.
On the 7th, Director Tanya Mouse of Wilmington University Peace Resource Center, who had received a cross donation from Mr. Hook, visited Nagasaki City and returned the cross to Archbishop Sanaki Takami of the Bishop of Catholic Nagasaki.
The cross is a 1 meter high wooden that matches the cross in the photo of the cathedral about a month after the atomic bomb was dropped. It was given to me by the bishop of, and brought back to America.
Archbishop Takami said, “This“ bombed cross ”represents the brutality and stupidity of the atomic bombing and appeals that nuclear weapons should never be used again”.