In their own voices: Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall oral history reading
10 September 2023 - 10 September 2023
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Oriental Museum
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Free
Since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 there has been a concerted effort to record the experiences of those who survived.
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Urakami Cathedral by Shigeo Hayashi
These heart-breaking and harrowing accounts have helped to drive the movement towards nuclear disarmament.
In this talk the team from the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall will discuss the work they have done in recording and preserving the stories of the survivors. There will be a short film introducing the damage caused by the blasts followed by readings of survivor memoirs and poems.
After the talk there will be a tour of the exhibition Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki led by Assistant Curator, Gillian Ramsay.
This event is delivered in partnership with the Japan Foundation and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
Due to the nature of the event some visitors may find the content distressing.