Language: Japanese and English About the Author: Masaaki Tanabe was born in Hiroshima in 1937. On graduating from the Department of Cinema in the College of Art of Nihon University, he joined the Chugoku Shimbun , a daily newspaper a company called Hiroshima. In 1975 he established a company called Knack Images Production Center. In 1997, he launched a project to recreate the hypocenter area using computer graphics. In 2007, he showed Ground Zero – Documents of Hiroshima at UN Headquarters . In October, 2010 he visited Egypt and Kuwait as a Japanese government "special communicator for a world without nuclear weapons." He received the Hiroshima Culture Prize in 2008. Contents: Foreword Chapter 1 The End of Hiroshima Eternal Farewell to Mother Tragic Flash of Light Hell on earth Father is Alive! Two Fireflies August 15th – Father Died Chapter 2 Life after the Bomb Hiroshima under Occupation The Truth of Post-War Hiroshima A Fateful Encounter Documentary Filmmaker Independent Filmmaker Chapter 3 My Destiny Hypocenter Reconstruction Hiroshima in My Heart High School Girls Who Made Peace Signs In Search of My Lost Hometown Off to UN Headquarters with Hiroshima Chapter 4 Passing the Message from Hiroshima to the Next Generation The Peace I Yearn for My Plea in Egypt Quietly Conveying the Spirit of Peace A New Resolve toward the 70th Anniversary Hiroshima and Fukushima My Final Message—To Everyone in the World Who Hopes For Peace Epilogue Postscript
