Interviews with Hiroshima memory keepers

Pass down a story

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Miwako Kanbe

When I help a pregnant mother deliver a baby on August 6, I say to her, “If you don’t mind, would you offer a silent prayer with me?”
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Lee Jongkeun

Treat others, yourself and things with love and care. If you are considerate, you’ll have no discrimination in your mind. Friends on your side are your treasures.
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Mitsuo Kodama

I have determined to keep on speaking out to the whole world, for the rest of my life, about how horrible radiation is.
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Masayo Mori

You should always be aware of social problems as they affect you, then listen to the survivors' stories. Don’t be indifferent to politics, peace or poverty. This is necessary in order to have a dialogue.
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Hisako Kimura

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.
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Iwao Nakanishi

Thinking about the A-bombing is thinking about humans.
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Syouso Kawamoto

There were about 2,000 children who didn’t survive, even though they weren’t exposed to the A-bombing. I decided to be a storyteller to let people know what real war was like for them.
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Meiko Kurihara

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.
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Yoshiko Kajimoto

I will be happy if one person gets motivated by my storytelling, one person out of a group of 50.
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Yoshio Sato

I want to tell people that using nuclear weapons only ends up in a cruel disaster like the one I experienced.
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Tadashi Matsumoto

I had thought that I was not qualified to tell my experiences because I felt guilty.
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Fusae Nishitomi

I have never seen such a red, beautiful, round thing.
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Director Kubota’s grandmother

“We only have one life to live.” Can you find your dream in life while at the same time killing people in war?
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Akito Kono

No Conflict with Love and Physical Contact
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Emiko Okada

I hope that people who were born into this peaceful world take action for the future.
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Masami Nagata

“I thought that I should record what I experienced.”

When I help a pregnant mother deliver a baby on August 6, I say to her, “If you don’t mind, would you offer a silent prayer with me?”

Treat others, yourself and things with love and care. If you are considerate, you’ll have no discrimination in your mind. Friends on your side are your treasures.

I have determined to keep on speaking out to the whole world, for the rest of my life, about how horrible radiation is.

You should always be aware of social problems as they affect you, then listen to the survivors' stories. Don’t be indifferent to politics, peace or poverty. This is necessary in order to have a dialogue.

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.

Thinking about the A-bombing is thinking about humans.

There were about 2,000 children who didn’t survive, even though they weren’t exposed to the A-bombing. I decided to be a storyteller to let people know what real war was like for them.

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.

I will be happy if one person gets motivated by my storytelling, one person out of a group of 50.

I want to tell people that using nuclear weapons only ends up in a cruel disaster like the one I experienced.

I had thought that I was not qualified to tell my experiences because I felt guilty.

I have never seen such a red, beautiful, round thing.

“We only have one life to live.” Can you find your dream in life while at the same time killing people in war?

No Conflict with Love and Physical Contact

I hope that people who were born into this peaceful world take action for the future.

“I thought that I should record what I experienced.”

I would like the children I am teaching to be people who can give other people an opportunity to get involved in peace activities.

I believe successors have to convey the facts objectively and unemotionally to the next generation.

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.

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.

You should act and see by yourself. I think, “Action changes the future.”

I am doing my activity as a prayer for the repose of the souls of the deceased in the A-bombing.

I would like to see what "handing down survivors'experiences" means from the viewpoint of youth.

As a person living in Hiroshima, I would like to convey my hope for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Hope to Convey What Happened in Hiroshima by Translating into English

Conveying Our Thoughts

I would like to construct a peace learning program

Pass down a story

When I help a pregnant mother deliver a baby on August 6, I say to her, “If you don’t mind, would you offer a silent prayer with me?”

Treat others, yourself and things with love and care. If you are considerate, you’ll have no discrimination in your mind. Friends on your side are your treasures.

I have determined to keep on speaking out to the whole world, for the rest of my life, about how horrible radiation is.

You should always be aware of social problems as they affect you, then listen to the survivors' stories. Don’t be indifferent to politics, peace or poverty. This is necessary in order to have a dialogue.

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.

Thinking about the A-bombing is thinking about humans.

There were about 2,000 children who didn’t survive, even though they weren’t exposed to the A-bombing. I decided to be a storyteller to let people know what real war was like for them.

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.

I will be happy if one person gets motivated by my storytelling, one person out of a group of 50.

I want to tell people that using nuclear weapons only ends up in a cruel disaster like the one I experienced.

I had thought that I was not qualified to tell my experiences because I felt guilty.

I have never seen such a red, beautiful, round thing.

“We only have one life to live.” Can you find your dream in life while at the same time killing people in war?

No Conflict with Love and Physical Contact

I hope that people who were born into this peaceful world take action for the future.

“I thought that I should record what I experienced.”

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I would like the children I am teaching to be people who can give other people an opportunity to get involved in peace activities.

I believe successors have to convey the facts objectively and unemotionally to the next generation.

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.

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.

You should act and see by yourself. I think, “Action changes the future.”

I am doing my activity as a prayer for the repose of the souls of the deceased in the A-bombing.

I would like to see what "handing down survivors'experiences" means from the viewpoint of youth.

As a person living in Hiroshima, I would like to convey my hope for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Hope to Convey What Happened in Hiroshima by Translating into English

Conveying Our Thoughts

I would like to construct a peace learning program

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.

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.