The Silent Witness: A Survivor’s Story of Hiroshima - Short Documentary

Kunhardt Film Foundation Presents An Interview Archive Original: The Silent Witness, a documentary about Tomiko Morimoto West’s experience as a 13-year-old girl in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, the day the first atomic bomb was dropped. West, now a 91-year-old woman, didn’t talk about her memories from that time for many years, but now shares her story because she believes it will help people. Tomiko Morimoto West was born in Hiroshima, Japan on January 13, 1932. On August 6, 1945 Tomiko watched from her schoolyard as a low-flying B-29 dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing her mother and other family members. After the war she moved to America to study English, at The Stout Institute in Wisconsin. She worked at the post office where she met her husband, an American GI. She went on to become a professor at Vassar College, who taught Japanese language courses for a decade until she retired in 1994. She has only one wish: that world leaders work together for global peace. Subscribe for access to hours of personal memories and lessons from some of the most influential people of our time. Kunhardt Film Foundation is a not-for-profit educational media organization that produces documentary films, interviews, and teaching tools about the people and ideas that shape our world. Learn more about our work and how to support our mission: Follow us on Instagram: © Kunhardt Film Foundation. All Rights Reserved. #TheSilentWitness #kunhardtfilmfoundation