Memoirs of Hiroshima survivors still draw readers

Memoirs of Hiroshima survivors still draw readers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken June 21, 2013, shows a first edition of "Genbaku shishu" (Collection of Atomic Bomb Poems) by Sankichi Toge (1917-1953). Only 500 copies of the mimeographed first edition were printed.

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