- Source: Hiroshima: In Memoriam and Today
Hiroshima: In Memoriam and Today is a collection of stories of survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. It was edited by Hitoshi Takayama. It also contains a number of opinions and messages from world leaders including Pope John Paul II, Australian Prime Ministers Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, South African President F.W. de Klerk and UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. It was first published in 1969 and 1971 as Hiroshima: In Memoriam and then republished in 1973, 1975, 1979, 1982 and 2000 under the current title.
Structure
Part One: The Hiroshima Experience 50 Years Later
Chapter 1: Memoirs of A-bomb survivors
Confession of a Korean-born Japanese Survivor - Eiichi Hashimoto
Burned, and Burned Again: How the A-bomb Changed My Life - Sunao Tsuboi
The Importance of Telling What Happened - Suzuko Numata
The Monster - Tamotsu Eguchi
Witnessing to A-bomb Terror - Akihiro Takahashi
Cherishing the Life My Mother Gave Me - Michiko Yamaoka
Let There Be Kindness and Peace: What I learned from My Ordeal - Fukujun Kaku
A Prayer for Second-generation Survivors - Masahiro Yoshioka
The Survivors Mission, 50 Years Later - Takeshi Itoh
Love Triumphs Over Power: The Rule Of Life - Ichiro Moritaki
Chapter 2: Concerned Citizens' Voices
The 50th anniversary of the Atomic Bombing - Hiroshima Mayor Takashi Hiraoka
Thoughts on the Atomic Bombing's 50th Anniversary - Teruo Sanuki
A Voice From Hiroshima - Yasuo Harada
Hiroshima's Challenge - Takashiro Kurisu
The Enola Gay and American Conscience: Reflections on the Smithsonian Debate - Michio Okamoto
Judgment! Using Nuclear Arms is a crime - Teruaki Fukuhara
The City of Hiroshima, Peace Declaration - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akita
Chapter 3: Supportive Voices from Overseas
Appeal for Peace - Pope John Paul II
Call to Real Commitment - Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser Australia
Heed Now Hiroshima's Lesson - Dr Oscar Arias, Costa Rica
Dismantling Nuclear Forces - F.W. de Klerk South Africa
Hiroshima Ad Memoria! - A.A. Bessmertnykh, Russia
Part Two: The Hiroshima Experience After 25 Years
Chapter 4 Earlier Memoirs of A-bomb Experiences
Diary of an Atomic Bomb Survivor After 25 years - Teruo Sanuki
Our Family's A-bomb experience - Toshio Murakami
That Fateful Day - Masuto Higaki
Instant Inferno - Hitoshi Takayama
I Hate 'Hiroshima' - Shigetoshi Wakaki
Hiroshima What It Means To You and Me - Takuo Matsumoto
A Memorial Tribute to Two Young Victims of the Atomic Bomb - Fumiko Ochiai
The Appeal of a Girl Survivor - Miyoko Matsubara
My Son Died When He Was Seven Years Old - Kenzo Nagoya
Mother Was Exposed to the A-bomb - Junko Ryoba
Grief for My Lost Parents - Wataru Fujimoto
A Child Exposed In Utero - Chizuno Nagaoka
My Life Since August 6, 1945 - Kametoshi Sakimoto
From My Sickbed - Shizuko Nishimoto
Mingled Feelings of Wrath and Lament - Masuo Masumiya
The Hibakusha Are Still Suffering - Haruko Yukinari
Diabolic Radiation: An Elderly A-bomb Survivor's Tale of Agony - Motoichi Oride
A Korean Survivor's Appeal - Kang Mun Hee
Peace Education Based on A-bomb Experiences - Hiroshi Morishita
Chapter 5: Hiroshima Today
A Roundtable Conference: The Victims Speak
Voices of Hiroshima Citizens
Message of Commendation - Hiroshima Mayor Takeshi Araki
Peace Is The Hope of All Mankind - Kazumitsu Aihara
Delayed Death - Tomin Harada
Hiroshima and Humanity - Soichi Iijima
The Role of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum - Kaoru Augur
Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima - Naomi Shohno
Chapter 6: Voices of the World
Thoughts on the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima - Arnold Joseph Toynbee
A Grace Period for Turning to Peace - Alfred Kastler
A Time For Those Who Care - Barbara Reynolds
One World or No World - Gunther Anders
Toward a Peaceful World Commonwealth - Janet E and AA Hook
Hiroshima: Symbol of Fear and Hope - Imgeborg Kufter
Scientific Experiments - Ira Morris
Teaching Peace Without Hatred - Beate Seefeld
This Cause Will Triumph - Philip J. Noel-Baker
Appeals Are Futile Without Action - Anatol Rapoport
World Opinion for Peace - Shinichiro Tomonaga
The "New Man" of Peace - Tibor Barther
Chapter 7: Messages from Foreign Leaders
United Nations - Kurt Waldheim
UNESCO - Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
Australia - EG Whitlam
Austria - Bruno Kreisky
New Zealand - Bill Rowling
Peru - Edgardo Mercado Jarrin
Pakistan - Anwar Ali Khoja
Saudi Arabia - Mohammad Al-Nowaiser
Turkey - Suleyman Demire
References
External links
Google Books version of 1979 edition