Videos of 104 A-bomb survivors recounting experiences released on August 1
Aug. 2, 2010
by Sakiko Masuda, Staff Writer
Videos of 104 A-bomb survivors relating their experiences of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be made available online on August 1. [Most of the videos are in Japanese.] The NPO behind the project, an association of A-bomb survivors, edited the accounts filmed by the late Akihiko Ito, a former reporter for the Nagasaki Broadcasting Company, who died at the age of 72 in March 2009. Prior to the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing, the NPO prepared the videos for the website "Voices of the survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki" by adding titles and sound.
The 104 survivors, who were between the ages of 1 and 32 at the time of the bombing, are among 349 people whose accounts were videotaped between November 2006 and January 2009. This is the first set of videos posted to the website and each video is about 10 minutes long. At the time of the bombing, Susumu Yoneda, a 70-year-old former elementary school principal, was hospitalized in Funairi, present-day Naka Ward. Mr. Yoneda, who now lives in Asaminami Ward, talks about how he and his mother, who was at the hospital to care for him, were rescued by a nurse who was badly burned herself.
Keiko Murakami, 73, was exposed to the bomb at her home about 1.7 kilometers from the hypocenter. Her father's left shoulder was seriously injured, and her mother lost her right eye. Ms. Murakami, now a resident of Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, says, "There are no winners or losers in war."
Yoshihisa Furukawa, 55, a resident of Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, is head of the association. "The accounts are now together on one website. In the videos, the survivors' facial expressions and gestures help bring their stories to life," he said, commenting on the purpose of the website.
The URL for the English page of "Voices of the survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki" is http://www.geocities.jp/s20hibaku/voshn/index.html.
(Originally published on July 31, 2010)
Videos of 104 A-bomb survivors relating their experiences of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be made available online on August 1. [Most of the videos are in Japanese.] The NPO behind the project, an association of A-bomb survivors, edited the accounts filmed by the late Akihiko Ito, a former reporter for the Nagasaki Broadcasting Company, who died at the age of 72 in March 2009. Prior to the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing, the NPO prepared the videos for the website "Voices of the survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki" by adding titles and sound.
The 104 survivors, who were between the ages of 1 and 32 at the time of the bombing, are among 349 people whose accounts were videotaped between November 2006 and January 2009. This is the first set of videos posted to the website and each video is about 10 minutes long. At the time of the bombing, Susumu Yoneda, a 70-year-old former elementary school principal, was hospitalized in Funairi, present-day Naka Ward. Mr. Yoneda, who now lives in Asaminami Ward, talks about how he and his mother, who was at the hospital to care for him, were rescued by a nurse who was badly burned herself.
Keiko Murakami, 73, was exposed to the bomb at her home about 1.7 kilometers from the hypocenter. Her father's left shoulder was seriously injured, and her mother lost her right eye. Ms. Murakami, now a resident of Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, says, "There are no winners or losers in war."
Yoshihisa Furukawa, 55, a resident of Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, is head of the association. "The accounts are now together on one website. In the videos, the survivors' facial expressions and gestures help bring their stories to life," he said, commenting on the purpose of the website.
The URL for the English page of "Voices of the survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki" is http://www.geocities.jp/s20hibaku/voshn/index.html.
(Originally published on July 31, 2010)
