Hiroshima

On August 6, 1945, nuclear weapons were used for the first time in human history: the American bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. More than one hundred thousand people died, hundreds of thousands were injured and suffered from radiation sickness. A year later, The New Yorker devoted an entire issue to a report by John Hersey, who followed the six survivors before, during, and after the explosion. Published as a book, the report sold over three million copies and was repeatedly recognized as the best example of American journalism of the 20th century. In 1985, Hersey wrote an article that became the fifth chapter of Hiroshima: there he told how the fates of the six main characters of his book developed. With endless attention to detail and facts, Hersey describes the embodiment of a nightmare for several generations - a nightmare that has not stopped dreaming us.