Main body from this point.

3-2-2-2Children at Hiroshima War Orphans Foster Home

August to October 1947　
Photo by Shunkichi Kikuchi　Courtesy of Harumi Tago

Distressed by the pitiful condition of Hiroshima orphans, Gishin Yamashita and others established the Hiroshima War Orphans Foster Home in Itsukaichi-cho, Saeki County in December 1945. They took orphans in the Foster Home and raised them.

Location: Reality of the Atomic Bombing 3 Victims and Survivors

3-2-2 Children Who Lost Their Parents

Permanent Exhibitions / Index of Areas, Sections, Topics

1 Introductory Exhibit

1-1 Hiroshima before the bombing

1-2 A Lost Way of Life
- 1-2-1 No item

1-3 Message from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

2 Hiroshima on August 6

2-1 Entrance of the Main Building

2-2 Devastation on August 6

2-3 Damage from Radiation
- 2-3-1 Damage from Radiation

3 Victims and Survivors

3-1 Cries of the Soul

3-2 To Live

4 Gallery

4-1 Construction of Peace Memorial Park
- 4-1-1 Construction of Peace Memorial Park

5 The Dangers of Nuclear Weapons

5-1 Development and Use of the Atomic Bomb

5-2 The Menace of the Atomic Bomb

5-3 The Nuclear Age and Nuclear Weapons Abolition

5-4 Media table

6 Hiroshima History

6-1 Hiroshima and War
- 6-1-1 Hiroshima before World War II
- 6-1-2 Life in Hiroshima during the War

6-2 Hiroshima reconstruction various support

6-3 Create a peaceful world

Media table