NYT: Witnessing Nuclear Carnage, Then Devoting Her Life to Peace
Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima 75 years ago, has used the power of her personal story to try to rid the world of nuclear weapons... NYT Article
ICAN Wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Hibakusha Stories team upon the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, UNHQ, July 7, 2017. L to R, bottom row: Robert Croonquist, Setsuko Thurlow, Kathleen Sullivan, Miyako Taguchi. L to R, top row: Alice Slater, Carolina Soto, Mitchie Takeuchi, Susan Strickler, Rachel Clark, visiting intern. photo © Robert Croonquist [...]
Democracy Breaks Out at the UN
On July 7, 2017, at a UN Conference mandated by the UN General Assembly to negotiate a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, the only weapons of mass destruction yet to be banned, 122 nations completed the job after three weeks, accompanied by a celebratory outburst of cheers, tears, and applause among hundreds of activists, [...]
Setsuko Thurlow Gives Final Remarks at Ban Treaty Adoption
CLICK ON SPEAKER ICON TO TURN ON AUDIO Hibakusha Stories team member Setsuko Thurlow was given the honor of giving the final remarks upon the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by the negotiations president Elayne Whyte Gómez. Transcript: Delegates, NGO colleagues, dear friends, I never thought I would see [...]
The Moment When the UN Voted To Ban The Bomb
Heidi Hunter writes: The moment in history when the UN voted to Ban the Bomb! July 7th! 2017. Tears!!! All in favor of treaty except 1 and 1 abstention. From Robert Croonquist: "Just now the United Nations adopted a treaty for the prohibition of nuclear weapons leading to their total [...]
Setsuko Thurlow Speaks At the UN
Setsuko Thurlow, survivor of nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at the Nuclear Ban Treaty Negotiations, United Nations in New York on 28th of March, 2017. Says Setsuko: "Madame President and delegates, I am honored to be given this opportunity as a survivor from Hiroshima to speak of this historic occasion. Already 72 years [...]
Hiroshima Bound Trailer
Hiroshima Bound is a personal documentary that tracks the construction of America's collective memory (or lack of one) of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It follows the obscure histories of specific photos and photographers, both Japanese and American, who visited Nagasaki and Hiroshima in the aftermath of the bombings, counterposing this visual [...]
I Survived The Atomic Bomb In Hiroshima
... and This Is What I Want You To Know Over seventy years ago the United States military dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people died, more than half of them in an instant. Three days later, the U.S. would drop a second bomb, this time on Nagasaki, Japan, [...]
Setsuko Thurlow “I Want the World to Wake Up”
Hiroshima Survivor Criticizes Obama for Pushing New Nuclear Weapons AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We continue our conversation with Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow. She was 13 years old when U.S. warplanes dropped the first atomic bomb on the city [...]
Setsuko Thurlow: Obama on Nukes, All Talk No Action
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ARTICLE by Setsuko Thurlow As a 13-year-old schoolgirl, I witnessed my hometown flattened by a hurricane-like blast, burned in 7,000-degree Fahrenheit heat and contaminated by the radiation of one atomic bomb. Miraculously, I was rescued from the rubble of a building, a little more than a mile from ground zero. [...]