A satellite picture of a coastal industrial zone showing large ships docked at piers, a dense complex of warehouses and factories, a tightly packed residential neighborhood with winding streets, and a forested hillside bordering the urban area.
My contribution for this weeks #Windowfriday comes from Hiroshima and is a window into history itself. This is part of the A-Bomb Dome (Genbaku Dome), the only structure left standing after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on the 6th of August 1945. Easily one of the most impressive war memorials I have visited.
Close-up photograph of the surviving brick façade of the A-Bomb Dome (Genbaku Dome) in Hiroshima, Japan, the only building left standing near the hypocenter after the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. Historic World War II ruins preserved as part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
Germany/France, 2025, Directors: Dirk van den Berg and Pascal Verroust, produced by Dirk van den Berg / OutreMer Film with ZDF & ZDF Studios, Documentary, English, 104 minutes
"80 years after the atomic bombs and the beginning of the #ColdWar, the fear of #NuclearWar is back. Does Europe need more nuclear independence today? Must we re-define nuclear deterrence? Will old and new superpowers force their will upon the rest of the world by "protecting" conventional wars with their nuclear arsenals? And, do we even have the political vocabulary for a new world order that threatens to end the long peace since the end of the last World War – or are we already in a new war?
"SILENT WAR debunks the narratives about atomic bombs, nuclear deterrence and the Cold War, in occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima attack in 2025. SILENT WAR is based on groundbreaking research by nuclear historian Robert 'Bo'Jacobs, and his book '#NuclearBodies', acclaimed as one of the most important contributions to the history of atomic weapons and the Cold War.' "