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History > WW2 (1939-1945) > USA, World
August 6, 1945
Japan
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan's atomic bomb survivors
warning: graphic / distressing
Sunao Tsuboi, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, photographed in 2016.
Photograph: Johannes Eisele Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
For Atomic Bomb Survivors, a Nobel Prize and a Reckoning, 80 Years Later Toshiyuki Mimaki, the chairman of Nihon Hidankyo, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, said his foremost wish was to “please abolish nuclear weapons while we are alive.” NYT Oct. 11, 2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/
Miyako Jodai, 76, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945, in her home on Monday.
“I feel like Nagasaki has been abandoned and thrown away,” she said.
Photograph: Adam Dean for The New York Times
What About Us, Nagasaki Asks, as Obama’s Hiroshima Trip Nears NYT May 24, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/
Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors share their stories CBS 24 July 2023
Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors share their stories Video CBS mornings 24 July 2023 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SW47XrWjB8
She Was 300 Yards From the Atomic Bomb Center — and Survived NYT 20 July 2023
She Was 300 Yards From the Atomic Bomb Center — and Survived Obon video Op-Docs NYT 20 July 2023
In collected illustrations by survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, there are two striking pieces by Akiko Takakura, who was about 300 yards from the hypocenter.
One shows a woman who is so thirsty, she is trying to drink black rain.
Another shows a hand emitting blue flames.
When we met Ms. Takakura in 2012, we were surprised to find that her story offered a glimmer of hope amid all the horror.
At just 19 years old, surrounded by catastrophe, she experienced a kind of affection from her father that she never received before.
It was a small moment of happiness during unspeakable tragedy.
We asked ourselves how she had found peace with a world that had been so cruel to her.
Did the secret lie in the moment when her father washed her hands after the bombing?
What does an act of love in a moment of despair mean?
We lived with the voice of Ms. Takakura for the years it took to complete the animated film above.
There were many moments when we wanted to walk away from this project, to close our eyes to the horror we were illustrating.
Her voice urged us forward, asking us not to forget.
The illustrations by Ms. Takakura and other survivors inspired the visual style of the film.
They were predominantly created by individuals who weren’t professional artists, who presented their stories in a raw and unfiltered way.
They were saying: This is what happened to us.
There are few people alive today who saw the impact of the atomic bombing with their own eyes.
When they’re gone, their memories and raw emotions go with them.
We were lucky to be able to capture Ms. Takakura’s story, in her own voice.
Though there are thousands of stories of Hiroshima, the experience of a single survivor reminds us that there is only one possible human response: This should never happen again.
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M64VRRiBhYI
Japan's atomic
bomb survivors
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