Filmmaker Shinpei Takeda interviews Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945

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Description:

Setsuko Thurlow describes working in a military office as a high school student at the time of the Hiroshima bombing. She talks about surviving and escaping and helping many refuges. She also explains how she came to Canada with her Canadian husband and has worked tirelessly to promote disarmament education. She says that she was ultimately awarded "The Order of Canada" for her persistent advocacy for non-nuclear peace in both Japan and Canada.

Date Issued:

2010-04-02T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Canada, Japan, Hiroshima-shi, Canada, and Hiroshima-shi (Japan)

Subject Topic:

Political activity, Atomic bomb victims, Japanese, Nuclear disarmament, and History

Subject Name:

Thurlow, Setsuko and Thurlow, Setsuko

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives

Language:

Japanese

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5736m37k