Hiroshima : The Last Witnesses

Hiroshima : The Last Witnesses 'A master class in eyewitness storytelling.... As the events fade from living memory, Hiroshima is at once a brilliant tribute and a cautionary tale' On August 6, 1945 the world changed forever when the Enola Gay dropped its deadly cargo over Hiroshima, ushering in the nuclear age. The hibakusha - Japanese for atomic bomb survivors- are the last witnesses alive who can still provide detailed testimony about that fateful day. M. G. Sheftall recreates what Hiroshima