Hiroshima: National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims

Hiroshima: National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims

Atomic bomb--Hiroshima; Atomic bomb victims

The Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Aomic Bomb Victims was erected by the national government in rememberance and mourning of the victims of the atomic bomb explosions at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The hall is built below ground level, with this element above ground. A pool of water, symbolizing the terrible thirst experienced by the victims of the blast, surrounds a circular glass shaft that is a sky light for the interior of the Hall. On the top of the light shaft is a sylized face of a clock, showing forever the time of the explosion in Hiroshima, 8:15 a.m. Around the pool are bits of tile and brick fused by the heat of the explosion, pieces found in the immediate vicinity of the Hall during its construction.

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Thiedeman, Michael

Earlham College

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Japan

Japan - Showa 1926 - 1989

1945-08-06; 2005-11-19

Chugoku (region), Hiroshima (prefecture), Hiroshima (inhabited place)

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1200 w x 785 h, 150 ppi