![]() ![]() At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, knocking out the city dwellers among them six witnesses. The city had preparations such as trenches, shelters, and public radio speakers however, the alerts repeated daily just reacting to American weather jets. ![]() There had been warnings that Hiroshima, an important seaport and industrial powerhouse, would come next in the American bombing list, and that it would receive a “special treatment” from the Americans. Surprisingly, everybody was calm on that morning. Each of these witnesses, with his or her geographical surroundings and distance from the ground zero, is described in details, from action to mental state. The author interviewed many witnesses and survivors, focusing mainly on six people: a German priest and five Japanese citizens (a Red-cross doctor, a private doctor, a female clerk, a Protestant pastor, and a tailor’s widow.) The six people were doing their daily rituals when a noiseless blinding flash in the sky wiped out their families, their peaceful neighborhood.
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