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Pass down a storyVol.19

I have the sense that many stories concerning the A-bomb seem to start a month or two prior to the bombing, then end two or three months afterwards.

Emeritus Professor of Hiroshima University

Dr. Nanao Kamada

Pass down a storyVol.19

Starting to give my A-bomb testimony, I learned that there are hibakusha all over the world.

A-bomb survivor

Keiko Ogura

Pass down a storyVol.18

When my mother said to me,“Keiko-chan, death isn’t terrible. It isn’t frightening,” I thought, “Oh, that airplane is going to drop a bomb. And then, I’ll die.” Looking back now, it is amazing that a nine-year-old girl prepared for her death, then.

A-bomb survivor

Keiko Nakagawa

Pass down a storyVol.12

Listen sincerely to survivors and think about what you can do for yourself.
To think about your future is the duty of young people living in the victim country of the atomic bombs.

A-bomb survivor

Hisako Kimura

Succeed to historyVol.13

I think it is important for us to know and remember what A-bomb survivors experienced, but at the same time, it is important to know that there were a lot of people who couldn’t even talk about their experiences.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum curator

Yukimi Dohi

Succeed to historyVol.12

I wanted to use my own words to pass down what had happened in Hiroshima at the A-bombing to children who will bear the burden of the future.

Peace volunteer

Hiroko Nishimura

Pass down a storyVol.11

Thinking about the A-bombing is thinking about humans.

A-bomb survivor

Iwao Nakanishi

Pass down a storyVol.9

I have been grateful to those foreign students from the bottom of my heart. They always helped and supported us. We were comforted and encouraged by them.

A-bomb survivor

Meiko Kurihara

Succeed to historyVol.11

History goes on, and the past and the present are never separated. We need to realize it and pass what happened down to the next generation.

anonymous

Mrs.S

Succeed to historyVol.10

I’ll convey survivors’ A-bomb experiences not in their copied words but in my own words by understanding their spirits, so that my words will stay in the minds of the next generation.

A-bomb Legacy Successor Training Program trainee

Sachiko Nishioka

Succeed to historyVol.9

Don’t quit learning about war, please, though you feel scared.
Please tell people around you about war that occurred in the past.

Office worker

“Kanabun,” pen name

Succeed to historyVol.8

I haven’t experienced war, so I can talk about the atomic bombing with the same viewpoint as young people, which I think is significant.

A-bomb Legacy Successor trainee

Chika Fujisawa

#Messages and thoughts to pass on

I have the sense that many stories concerning the A-bomb seem to start a month or two prior to the bombing, then end two or three months afterwards.

Starting to give my A-bomb testimony, I learned that there are hibakusha all over the world.

When my mother said to me,“Keiko-chan, death isn’t terrible. It isn’t frightening,” I thought, “Oh, that airplane is going to drop a bomb. And then, I’ll die.” Looking back now, it is amazing that a nine-year-old girl prepared for her death, then.

Listen sincerely to survivors and think about what you can do for yourself. To think about your future is the duty of young people living in the victim country of the atomic bombs.

I think it is important for us to know and remember what A-bomb survivors experienced, but at the same time, it is important to know that there were a lot of people who couldn’t even talk about their experiences.

I wanted to use my own words to pass down what had happened in Hiroshima at the A-bombing to children who will bear the burden of the future.

Thinking about the A-bombing is thinking about humans.

I have been grateful to those foreign students from the bottom of my heart. They always helped and supported us. We were comforted and encouraged by them.

History goes on, and the past and the present are never separated. We need to realize it and pass what happened down to the next generation.

I’ll convey survivors’ A-bomb experiences not in their copied words but in my own words by understanding their spirits, so that my words will stay in the minds of the next generation.

Don’t quit learning about war, please, though you feel scared. Please tell people around you about war that occurred in the past.

I haven’t experienced war, so I can talk about the atomic bombing with the same viewpoint as young people, which I think is significant.

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Listen sincerely to survivors and think about what you can do for yourself.
To think about your future is the duty of young people living in the victim country of the atomic bombs.

Don’t quit learning about war, please, though you feel scared.
Please tell people around you about war that occurred in the past.