Teruo Kanoh was born on 3 December 1930 in Asakusa’s Shinyoshiwara-sumicho district. During the 10 March 1945 firebombing raid on Tokyo, Kanoh, 14 years old at the time, lost both of his parents and two sisters. In this June 2011 interview (conducted by Bret Fisk and Cary Karacas; transcribed and translated by Eri Tsuji), Kanoh…
二瓶治代 – Haruyo Nihei
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Haruyo Nihei, living in the Kameido district of Jōtō Ward (now Kōtō Ward) with her parents and two siblings, experienced the 10 March 1945 firebombing of Tokyo as a seven-year-old. In this June 2011 interview (conducted by Cary Karacas, transcribed and translated by Eri Tsuji), she discusses her life as a child during and after the…
橋本代志子 – Yoshiko Hashimoto
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In early 1945, Hashimoto Yoshiko – then 24 years old and the mother of a one-year-old son – lived in Tokyo’s Honjo Ward (now Sumida Ward) with her siblings and parents. In this June 2011 interview (conducted by Cary Karacas, and transcribed and translated by Eri Tsuji), she describes the experience of the…
橋本善子 – Yoshiko Hashimoto
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「東京大空襲」 丹信義
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「東京大空襲」 丹信義 The Great Tokyo Air Raid, Nobuyoshi Tan
丹信義 – Nobuyoshi Tan
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Nobuyoshi Tan experienced the Tokyo air raids as small child. The Tan family’s home was burned down during a night raid on 23 May 1945. The same night a parachute used by an American airman landed on Tan’s head. Tan’s descriptions of the war years are remarkable for their rich attention to detail.
air raid survivor photo exhibit
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ポーレ・サヴィアーノ写真展FROM ABOVE: DRESDEN/ TOKYO. アメリカ人写真家、ポーレ・サヴィアーノがドレスデン大空襲被災者11名と東京大空襲被災者6名を撮影した肖像写真の展覧会。歴史書に登場することのない人間一人一人の感情に向き合い、戦後65年を生き抜いてきた人々の「現在」の姿を映した作品群。2011年 2月4日（金）～27日（日）12:00～20:00 火曜定休 入場無料. Gallery EF. From Above: Dresden/Tokyo Photographs by Paule Saviano. A photo exhibit of survivors of the Dresden and Tokyo air raids will take place at Gallery EF (2-19-18 Kaminarimon, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0034), from February 4-27, 2011. Gallery EF.
「米軍資料で見る大牟田の空襲」
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自費出版：柳川の高校教諭・鈴木さん「大牟田の空襲」米軍資料から裏付け。 http://mainichi.jp/area/fukuoka/news/20101127ddlk40040322000c.html A new book, 「米軍資料で見る大牟田の空襲」 (Looking at the Omuta Air Raids Through U.S. Army Air Force Documents), has been self-published by Hirokazu SUZUKI: http://mainichi.jp/area/fukuoka/news/20101127ddlk40040322000c.html
清岡美智子 – Michiko Kiyo-oka
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Michiko Kiyo-oka was twenty-one years old at the time of the 10 March 1945 air raid on Tokyo’s Shitamachi district. Her family consisted of her parents, her elder sister, and herself. Kiyo-oka’s family lived in the Umamichi neighborhood of Asakusa, near the famous Sensoji temple. On the night of 10 March, her family fled to…
戸田成正 – Shigemasa Toda
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Shigemasa Toda was born in 1930. He was fourteen years old at the time he was injured by an incendiary bomb during an air raid on Tokyo on 13 April 1945. In the following video, Toda describes losing his mother in the same raid and the process of locating his father after having spent months recuperating…