An annual memorial service was held in Hiroshima on Sunday for a Swiss doctor who helped rescue operations in the city after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on it in 1945.
This year, organizers of the memorial for Marcel Junod also put newly obtained documents related to his achievements on display at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, located inside the Hiroshima Peace Park.
The memorial service has been held annually since 1990 around the anniversary of Junod's death on June 16, 1961. It is organized by the Hiroshima Medical Association and the Hiroshima chapter of the Japanese Red Cross Society, and is held in front of his cenotaph at the park.
About 300 people attended, including survivors of the A-bomb attack.