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Marcel Junod

Neuchâtel 1904 - Genève 1961
Swiss doctor, Delegate and member of the International Committee of the Red Cross
(Wikipedia)

Hisashi Akutagawa
2005

Description

Boulder with bronze portrait medallion, "Dr. Marcel Junod 1904-'61" and a large text plaque.

Inscription(s)

à la mémoire des victimes
des bombes atomiques
d'hiroshima et de nagasaki
hommage de genève à marcel junod
délegue du
comité international de la croix rouge
premier médecin étranger
à porter secours
aux survivants d'hiroshima

in memory of the victims
of the atomic bombs
on hiroshima and nagasaki
a tribute of geneva to marcel junod
delegate of the
international committee of the red cross
first foreign doctor
to bring relief
to the survivors in hiroshima

Signed (medaillon): J Akutagawa 1979

Annotation

Inaugurated 13 September 2005. An identical portrait is placed on the 1979 monument in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan.

Sculptor

Hisashi Akutagawa - 芥川永 (Toyo City, Ehime Pref. 1915 - 1998), Japanese sculptor (Biography PDF Japanese, English summary).

Sources & Information

Hiroshima Peace Site, Monument in Memory of Dr. Marcel Junod.

Locatie (N 46°13'33" - E 6°8'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chge057; Photograph: 6 June 2013
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