Conclusion

In one blinding instant, the city was destroyed, yet relief activities began immediately after the atomic bombing. These activities saved countless lives and gave many the courage to rebuild their lives. Hiroshima continues to develop tall buildings line the streets, and our roads are filled with pedestrians and vehicles. Traces of the relief activities carried out after the bombing are hard to find. However, survivors of the atomic bombing continue to live in fear for their health and the sorrow of losing family members never fades away. Those who provided aid saw ghastly scenes they will never forget. The atomic bombing left them with despair and grief that will never heal completely. Thousands of nuclear weapons remain on Earth. Our planet is imperiled by the possibility of more suffering that, like Hiroshima's, will never end. When will we rid the world of nuclear weapons? What must we do? Let us all think carefully about these questions.

Individual Contributors to This Exhibition (honorifics omitted, no order implied) International Committee of the Red Cross Archives / International Relations Department of the Japanese Red Cross Society / Japanese Red Cross Society, Hiroshima Chapter / Japanese Red Cross Society, Yamaguchi Chapter / Association of the Photographers of the Atomic (Bomb) Destruction of Hiroshima / Fukuyama Air Raid Recording Group / Asahi Shimbun / Mainichi Shimbun / Hiroshima Prefectural Library / Hiroshima Prefectural Archives / Kure City Hall / Hatsukaichi City Board of Education / Hiroshima Municipal Archives / Cultural Affairs Division, Hiroshima City / Hakushima Elementary School / Numata Community Hall / Hiroshima city Museum of History and Traditional Crafts / Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council
Groups that Contributed to This Exhibition (honorifics omitted, no order implied) Tomiko Matsuoka / Masatane Inada / Yukiko Komatsu / Taeko Fujita / Yuya Fuji / Eiichi Matsumoto/ Tokuko Kikuchi / Shiro Okawa / Minoru Yamamoto
Illustration (honorifics omitted) Minoru Maeda
Main References Hiroshima A-bomb War Disaster (Hiroshima City) / Hiroshima A-bomb Medical Care History (Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council) / War History of Hiroshima Prefecture (Hiroshima Prefecture) / War History of Hiroshima Prefecture (Hiroshima Prefecture) / and many others
List of Illustrations (honorifics omitted) 1. Courtesy / Hiroshima Prefectural Archives Collection / Iwao Matsuoka 2. Courtesy / Hiroshima Prefectural Archives Collection / Hiro Branch, Kure City Hall 3. Courtesy / Taeko Fujita 4. Courtesy / Hiroshima city Museum of History and Traditional Crafts 5. Courtesy / Hiroshima Prefectural Archives Collection / Minoru Yamamoto 6. Donation / Kiyoko Nakahigashi 7. Courtesy / Hiroshima Municipal Archives 8. Donation / Noboru Nishiyama 9. Courtesy / Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council 10. Courtesy / Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council 11. Source / National Defense Women's Association 1943 Photo Album 12. Based on Record of the Hiroshima A-bomb War Disaster Vol. 1, General Introduction 13. Courtesy / Hiroshima Prefectural Archives Collection / Inada Photo Studio 14. Photo / US Army 15. Photo / Mitsugi Kishida 16. Drawing / Ken Nakagawa 17. Drawing / Kanetake Uchiyama 18. Photo / Yoshito Matsushige 19. Courtesy / Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council 20. Photo / Yoshito Matsushige 21. Donation / Minoru Shinbara 22. Donation / Yoshi Fujikawa 23. Drawing / Tomiko Ikeshoji (Kubo) 24. Drawing / Kenichi Nakano 25. Courtesy / Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council 26. Drawing / Asako Fujise 27. Donation / Individual donor 28. Donation / Kikuo Morimoto 29. Drawing / Kiyoshi Wakai 31. Collection / Washington National Archives 32. Based on Record of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb War Disaster Vol. 1, General Introduction 33. Courtesy / Hiroshima Municipal Archives	35. Based on Record of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb War Disaster Vol. 1, General Introduction 36. Courtesy /NHK Hiroshima 37. Owned / Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum 38. Based on Record of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb War Disaster Vol. 1, General Introduction 39. Photo / Mitsugi Kishida 40. Photo / Yotsugi Kawahara 41. Based on War History of Hiroshima Prefecture 42. Courtesy / Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council 43. Drawing / Fumiko Yamaoka 44. Based on War History of Hiroshima Prefecture & Hiroshima A-bomb Medical Care History 45. Drawing / Kaoru Kaminishi 46-50. Photo / Army Marine Headquarters Courtesy / Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council 51. Photo / Yotsugi Kawahara 52-54. Photo / Army Marine Headquarters Courtesy / Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council 55. Photo / Masami Onuka Courtesy / Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council 56. Donation / Matsue Oi 57,58. Donated / Teruko Ueno 59. Drawing / Gunichi Shimotani 60. Donation / Masaru Matsunaga 61. Courtesy / Hatsukaichi City Board of Education 62. Collection / Peace Promotion Office, Hiroshima City Office 63,64. Photo / Gonichi Kimura 65. Photo / Mitsugi Kishida Courtesy / Association of the Photographers of the Atomic(Bomb) Destruction of Hiroshima 69. Photo / US Army

Helping Victims in the Burnt Plain -- Relief Activities with neither Medicine nor Food to Offer -- Preparing for Air Raids Relief Activities amid the Turmoil Full-scale Relief Activities Conditions in Relief Stations and the Suffering of the People(1) Conditions in Relief Stations and the Suffering of the People(2) Relief Activities by the Akatsuki Corps on August 6 Conclusion Individuals and Group Contributors to This Exhibition Return to TOP