"CND Atomic Bombing Memorial Arm Band" [NMLH.2006.22.4]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.2006.22.4

Object Name
Arm band

Title
Hiroshima Nagasaki August 6-9

Place
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Japan, London

People
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)

Events
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Second World War

Date
circa 1982

Description
A black plastic or rubber arm band with two safety pins at one end. The text reads "Hiroshima Nagasaki August 6-9" in a CND logo peace symbol. Text at one end reads "Thank You For Taking Part C.N.D. 11 Goodwin Street, London N4."


This arm band was created by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), an organisation that campaigns for peace and for governments around the world to stop creating nuclear deterrent programs. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan by the United States in the closing days of the Second World War was the first use of nuclear weapons during war. These bombings directly killed between 129,000 and 226,00 people, and survivors of the initial bombings had heightened rates of cancers and early deaths in the years following the bombings. The use and effects of these bombs on the survivors is a rallying point for anti-nuclear campaigners.

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