Hearing Hiroshima (Rebroadcast)
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The Importance of Nuclear Weapons
It's well known that nuclear weapons were used against the human beings for the first time in Hiroshima. We think it is Hiroshima's role to present what that was like, so people all over the world will understand that this must never be repeated. Some Japanese argue that dropping nuclear bombs on civilian populations was a crime comparable to the Holocaust. They say what makes the weapons uniquely cruel is the way they continue to kill and disfigure.
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