Friday, May 09, 2025

The Standing Boy of Nagasaki

 



This heartbreaking historic photograph was taken in Nagasaki, Japan, in October of 1945, shortly after the atomic bombing of that city on August 9, 1945. The photograph is of a boy of about 10 with his dead baby brother strapped to his back, waiting for his turn at the crematorium. Read more

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