Searching for the survivors of the atomic bomb victims... Hiroshima City ships the list to various places on July 2, 11:56
To find 814 bereaved people whose names have been revealed but whose remains have not been collected, the city of Hiroshima on the 2nd, in order to find the name of each person, lists the names of each person Will be shipped to.
The atomic bomb memorial tower in Peace Park in Hiroshima City contains the remains of about 70,000 uncollected people, of which 814 have their names known, but the bereaved family who has taken the remains is unknown. Hmm.
In order to search for the bereaved family, Hiroshima City sends a list with the name of each person to local governments and groups of A-bomb victims all over the country at this time every year to ask for postings. In Hiroshima City Hall, work such as putting the list in an envelope was done.
According to Hiroshima City, since 1955, when we started to search for bereaved families, about 999 people were found to be bereaved, and the remains were collected if desired, but with the passage of time, the number of inquiries decreased and the last 10 years. Only two people have found a taker in.
The list will be shipped to about 2000 locations on the afternoon of the 2nd, and will be available on the website of Hiroshima City.
Assisting Shinji Uemoto, Hiroshima City Atomic Bomb Damage Countermeasures Research Department, said, “While we are approaching 75 years since the atomic bomb was dropped, I still feel pain in having a list of 814 people. I would like to work on shipping so that I can do it."