Monument for the burial site of the remains of those who died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima University of Literature and Science and Hiroshima Higher Normal School

[Date of construction] December 25, 1972 [Constructor] Hiroshima University Committee for Memorial Ceremonies for the Atomic Bomb Victims [History] Eight or nine bodies and more than ten bones were discovered on the premises of Hiroshima Bunri University and Hiroshima Higher Normal School in the evening of August 6, 1945 and the following day, August 7. The bodies and bones were identified by school personnel, and the bodies were cremated on the premises. Most of the bones were given to the surviving families, but at the end of 1945, a small amount (less than a helmet full) remained. These were placed in a helmet and buried behind the main building of Hiroshima Bunri University (formerly Hiroshima University Faculty of Science Building No. 1). In 1970, a boiler room was constructed on the burial site, and the helmet was discovered during construction, but the bones had completely turned to soil. The Hiroshima University Committee for Memorial Ceremonies for the Atomic Bomb Victims discovered these circumstances while investigating the actual situation at the time of the bombing, and so erected a stone monument near the burial site. The stone monument was then moved to its current location in 1996 when Hiroshima University was relocated. *If you wish to visit the monument, please inform the security guard at the main gate that you would like to visit.