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62: After utter devastation, a symbol of peace, hope and reconciliation

62: After utter devastation, a symbol of peace, hope and reconciliation

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Episode 62: Jim, who is an American professor and a Catholic, tells the extraordinary story of uncovering his grandfather's connection to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This research took Jim to Nagasaki, 'the centre of Catholicism in Japan for centuries.' An awkward question from a Japanese Catholic there - a descendant of the 'hidden Christians' and whose father was a victim of the bomb - led to a beautiful project to restore 'the sound of the two bells ringing together' from the cathedral in Nagasaki, for the first time in 80 years. Jim says, 'It's really inspired a lot of people in terms of hope and peace and reconciliation.'

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Atomic Doctors Conscience and Complicity at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age by James L. Nolan Jr

Nagasaki Bell Project




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