Items left by young A-bomb victims on display

The Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima is holding a special exhibition of items that belonged to children who died in the atomic bombing.

The exhibition opened on Thursday featuring 8 articles mothers donated as remembrances of their children who perished in the attack near the end of World War Two in 1945.

One of the mothers donated marbles her 15-year-old son had left at their home. He was killed on his way to a factory where he labored as a student worker mobilized by the local government to produce military goods.

Another woman donated the remains of a blouse her 13-year-old daughter wore when the bomb hit her.
The girl came home with burns all over her body and her blouse burnt onto her skin. She died in the arms of her mother.

Both women died several years ago.

A curator at the museum says the exhibition reflects the sorrow as well as the hope of these women that nobody will have to experience what they went through.

The exhibition lasts through October 6th