CND and Quakers commemorate bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is organised by The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) working with the Quakers, and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, who are kindly providing the materials for the exhibition.

The exhibition, After the Bomb dropped: How Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered, explores the devastation of the two cities by nuclear weapons through photographs and artefacts recovered from the wreckage. This is on show from 2-12 August at Friends House (opposite Euston Station).
 

'Pocket Watch (replica)
Donated by Kazuo Nikawa
1,600m from the hypocentre

Kengo Nikawa (then 59) was exposed while heading for his assigned building demolition site in the city centre, where work was being carried out to create a fire lane to prevent the spread of fires in the event of an air raid. Burned from his right shoulder to his back and head, he died on 22 August. This watch, a treasured gift from his son Kazuo, stayed with him wherever he went.'