2005.01.17
• We are developing a project to "Read out the stories of the atomic bombing."

Let the children hear....

Readings of atomic bombing stories

Photo on right:
Session of readings held with the assistance of volunteer readers
Hiroshima Nakajima Municipal Elementary School 5th grade June 23, 2004

Children's impressions

• It was moving and made me feel as if I was there myself. It went right to my heart.


• When I heard the atomic bomb poems read aloud it brought the victims' experiences even closer to me.


• I'd like to make appeals for peace to the whole world.


• I want them to end wars and nuclear weapons.


• I'm going to tell my familiy about the atomic bombing and peace.

Teachers' impressions

• Hearing the stories with one's ears, rather than reading them with one's eyes, is more emotional and conveys the writers' sentiments more strongly.


• I was able to picture the scenes as I listened, and the stories resonated within me. It brought tears to my eyes.


• This is an effective means of communicating the horrors of war and the atomic bombing to children who have not known war.

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Inquiries

Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
1-6 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City 730-0811

TEL 082-543-6271
FAX 082-543-6273

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