Peace Memorial in Hiroshima

Peace Memorial in Hiroshima
UNESCO world heritage
	Peace Memorial in Hiroshima
National territory:	Japan
Type:	Culture
Criteria :	(vi)
Surface:	0.4 ha
Buffer zone:	43 hectares
Reference No .:	775
UNESCO region :	Asia and Pacific
	History of enrollment
Enrollment:	1996 (session 20)

The peace memorial in Hiroshima ( Japanese 広島平和記念碑 , Hiroshima heiwa kinenhi ), also atomic bomb dome ( 原爆ドーム gembaku dōmu , English Atomic Bomb Dome , often incorrectly reproduced with an atomic bomb dome ) is a memorial for the first use of an atomic bomb . It is located in Hiroshima Peace Park .

history

Buildings before the atomic bombs

Peace Memorial (2012)

The building was built according to a design by the Czech architect Jan Letzel and completed in April 1915 as the “Hiroshima Prefecture Product Exhibition Hall ” ( 広島県物産陳列館 , Hiroshima-ken Bussan Chinretsukan ). In 1921 it became the "Exhibition Center for Merchandise of the Hiroshima Prefecture" ( 広島県立商品陳列所 , Hiroshima-kenritsu Shōhin Chinretsusho ) and in 1933 in the “Hall for the Promotion of Industry in the Hiroshima Prefecture” ( 広島県産業奨励館 , Hiroshima- kenritsu Shōhin Chinretsusho ) ) renamed. The building was destroyed on August 6, 1945 at 8:16 am local time by the American atomic bomb " Little Boy " dropped by the US bomber Enola Gay and burned down completely. Everyone working in it at that point perished.

Despite the short distance of 140 meters from ground zero (Ground Zero) remained many building structures get u. a. the characteristic supporting structure of the domed roof, from which the monument owes its current name. The remains have been preserved in their former state since they were dropped.

In December 1996, UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site on the grounds that it was “not just a powerful symbol of the most destructive force humanity has ever created; it also expresses the hope for world peace and the ultimate elimination of all nuclear weapons ”. The People's Republic of China expressed reservations that revisionists' recognition could be exploited, and the US rejected this recognition out of "lack of historical perspective."

literature

Natascha Albus and others: The UNESCO World Heritage - Monuments of humanity - Wonders of nature. Kunth, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-395504-207-3 , p. 461.
Isa Ducke, Natascha Thoma, Manuela Hunfeld: Japan. 13th edition. Baedeker, Ostfildern 2016, ISBN 978-3-8297-1395-5 , p. 289.