"What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The #memory of what happened at #Hiroshima." - John Hersey
📷: Hiroshima ground zero before & after bombing, 6 August 1945.
The destructive power of a nuclear bomb. Unthinkable, unimaginable - until that August day in 1945.
📷: Small-scale recreation of the #Nakajima area in #Hiroshima before and after the #atomic bombing (Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum).
The digital #HiroshimaArchive aims to create a community of records, collecting photographs and testimonies of #ABomb survivors in #Hiroshima - and passing this #memory on to future generations:
Jens Notroff
Dr. Joe Krulder, PhD