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3-2-5A-bomb Microcephaly

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Tame watching Yoshikazu making baskets
June 1970
Photo by Masahiko Shigeta

Some children exposed to the A-bomb radiation in mother’s wombs were born with abnormally small heads, or microcephaly, which is often accompanied by severe mental disabilities.

Location: Reality of the Atomic Bombing 3 Victims and Survivors

Contents: 1 Tame and Yoshikazu at a meeting of the Mushroom Club

3-2 To Live

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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