Rebuilding as a City of Peace
Ten years after the end of the war Hiroshima was recovering rapidly. One
important reason was the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction Law enacted in 1949. This
law said that Hiroshima, the first city in human history to be destroyed
by an atomic bomb, should take on the role of appealing to the world for
peace. Thus, the national government provided money to help the city rebuild
as a city of peace. In parts of town full of shacks hastily thrown together
for emergency shelter, real houses were built, roads were widened, and
life began settling down. The city gradually took on its new form and
role.
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