Hiroshima: In Memoriam and Today is a collection of stories of survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. It was edited by Hitoshi Takayama. It also contains a number of opinions and messages from world leaders including Pope John Paul II, Australian Prime Ministers Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, South African President F.W. de Klerk and UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. It was first published in 1969 and 1971 as Hiroshima: In Memoriam and then republished in 1973, 1975, 1979, 1982 and 2000 under the current title.
Part One: The Hiroshima Experience 50 Years Later
Chapter 1: Memoirs of A-bomb survivors
Confession of a Korean-born Japanese Survivor - Eiichi HashimotoBurned, and Burned Again: How the A-bomb Changed My Life - Sunao TsuboiThe Importance of Telling What Happened - Suzuko NumataThe Monster - Tamotsu EguchiWitnessing to A-bomb Terror - Akihiro TakahashiCherishing the Life My Mother Gave Me - Michiko YamaokaLet There Be Kindness and Peace: What I learned from My Ordeal - Fukujun KakuA Prayer for Second-generation Survivors - Masahiro YoshiokaThe Survivors Mission, 50 Years Later - Takeshi ItohLove Triumphs Over Power: The Rule Of Life - Ichiro MoritakiChapter 2: Concerned Citizens' Voices
The 50th anniversary of the Atomic Bombing - Hiroshima Mayor Takashi HiraokaThoughts on the Atomic Bombing's 50th Anniversary - Teruo SanukiA Voice From Hiroshima - Yasuo HaradaHiroshima's Challenge - Takashiro KurisuThe Enola Gay and American Conscience: Reflections on the Smithsonian Debate - Michio OkamotoJudgment! Using Nuclear Arms is a crime - Teruaki FukuharaThe City of Hiroshima, Peace Declaration - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi AkitaChapter 3: Supportive Voices from Overseas
Appeal for Peace - Pope John Paul IICall to Real Commitment - Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser AustraliaHeed Now Hiroshima's Lesson - Dr Oscar Arias, Costa RicaDismantling Nuclear Forces - F.W. de Klerk South AfricaHiroshima Ad Memoria! - A.A. Bessmertnykh, RussiaPart Two: The Hiroshima Experience After 25 Years
Chapter 4 Earlier Memoirs of A-bomb Experiences
Diary of an Atomic Bomb Survivor After 25 years - Teruo SanukiOur Family's A-bomb experience - Toshio MurakamiThat Fateful Day - Masuto HigakiInstant Inferno - Hitoshi TakayamaI Hate 'Hiroshima' - Shigetoshi WakakiHiroshima What It Means To You and Me - Takuo MatsumotoA Memorial Tribute to Two Young Victims of the Atomic Bomb - Fumiko OchiaiThe Appeal of a Girl Survivor - Miyoko MatsubaraMy Son Died When He Was Seven Years Old - Kenzo NagoyaMother Was Exposed to the A-bomb - Junko RyobaGrief for My Lost Parents - Wataru FujimotoA Child Exposed In Utero - Chizuno NagaokaMy Life Since August 6, 1945 - Kametoshi SakimotoFrom My Sickbed - Shizuko NishimotoMingled Feelings of Wrath and Lament - Masuo MasumiyaThe Hibakusha Are Still Suffering - Haruko YukinariDiabolic Radiation: An Elderly A-bomb Survivor's Tale of Agony - Motoichi OrideA Korean Survivor's Appeal - Kang Mun HeePeace Education Based on A-bomb Experiences - Hiroshi MorishitaChapter 5: Hiroshima Today A Roundtable Conference: The Victims Speak
Voices of Hiroshima Citizens
Message of Commendation - Hiroshima Mayor Takeshi ArakiPeace Is The Hope of All Mankind - Kazumitsu AiharaDelayed Death - Tomin HaradaHiroshima and Humanity - Soichi IijimaThe Role of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum - Kaoru AugurPearl Harbor and Hiroshima - Naomi ShohnoChapter 6: Voices of the World
Thoughts on the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima - Arnold Joseph ToynbeeA Grace Period for Turning to Peace - Alfred KastlerA Time For Those Who Care - Barbara ReynoldsOne World or No World - Gunther AndersToward a Peaceful World Commonwealth - Janet E and AA HookHiroshima: Symbol of Fear and Hope - Imgeborg KufterScientific Experiments - Ira MorrisTeaching Peace Without Hatred - Beate SeefeldThis Cause Will Triumph - Philip J. Noel-BakerAppeals Are Futile Without Action - Anatol RapoportWorld Opinion for Peace - Shinichiro TomonagaThe "New Man" of Peace - Tibor BartherChapter 7: Messages from Foreign Leaders
United Nations - Kurt WaldheimUNESCO - Amadou-Mahtar M'BowAustralia - EG WhitlamAustria - Bruno KreiskyNew Zealand - Bill RowlingPeru - Edgardo Mercado JarrinPakistan - Anwar Ali KhojaSaudi Arabia - Mohammad Al-NowaiserTurkey - Suleyman Demire