Oral history interview with Akiko Watanabe, 2013 June 18.

Akiko Watanabe was 5 years old when the bombing of Hiroshima occurred. Her grandfather pulled her out of the rubble, as the house had collapsed around her. She escaped to Gion with her pregnant mother and 2-year-old sister. Her older brother, who was a first-year elementary school student, her grand...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Naoko Wake Collection of Oral Histories of US Survivors, Families, and Supporters.
Other Authors:	Watanabe, Akiko, 1940- (Interviewee) Wake, Naoko (Interviewer)
Language:	Japanese
Language and/or Writing System:	In Japanese.
Series:	Naoko Wake Collection of Oral Histories of US Survivors, Families, and Supporters.
Subjects:	Watanabe, Akiko, > 1940- > Interviews. Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Hiroshima-shi > Interviews. Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Personal narratives. Watanabe, Akiko, > 1940- > Health. Atomic bomb victims > Wounds and injuries > Japan > Hiroshima-shi. Radiation injuries > Japan > Hiroshima-shi. Watanabe, Akiko, > 1940- > Family. Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945. Japan > Social conditions > 1945- Oral histories.
Genre:	Interviews. Personal narratives. Oral histories.
Online Access:	Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 48 min., 56 sec.))
Format:	Electronic Audio Software

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