Hibakusha

Hibakusha is a word of Japanese origin generally designating the people affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States at the end of World War II.

The patient's skin is burned in a pattern corresponding to the dark portions of a kimono worn at the time of the explosion. Japan, circa 1945.

Quotes about Hibakusha

• The hibakusha help us to describe the indescribable, to think the unthinkable, and to somehow grasp the incomprehensible pain and suffering caused by nuclear weapons
  • The Norwegian Nobel Committee as quoted in Japan's Nihon Hidankyo wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, Reuters, 11 October 2024.