Abstract
Fifty years ago, two atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, instantly killing close to 70,000 people. Some were evaporated. Their shapes remained as shadows, like negatives from exposed film, on the stone walls and steps. Another 20,000 died within 2 weeks. In all, more than 100,000 people died from the blast and the radiation released by the bombs.
Ah, What a fool I am Twenty years ago A shining and burning A-bomb Heat of more than thousands centigrade Speared my skin Fifteen years later My son was born Already speared and burnt
Nagoshi (1972, pp. 98–99)
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Tatara, M. (1998). The Second Generation of Hibakusha, Atomic Bomb Survivors. In: Danieli, Y. (eds) International Handbook of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5567-1_9
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