How Can We Learn From What Happened 75 Years Ago?

George Silard was an anti-nuclear scientist who thought the world should disarm. He never shared these feelings with any one else, and he never acted on them. After i visited japan and listened to the testimonies of the hibaksha, after years of digging to uncover my own family's dark legacy, i actually felt better, lighter and freer. I could both condemn his work and have compassion for him as a flawed and limited humanWho lived and worked in a system that institutionalized secrecy and an unquestioning loyalty to authority. Unlike leo salard, my grandfather did not make extraordinary choices to step outside of and challenge the systems that built his world. For me, travelling