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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
By "outwith living memory" I simply mean that anyone who was alive and old enough to remember the time will be dead. This applies to the nuking of Japan, too, as with all things. In a few decades, no one will remember it. We will know it happened, we will have history books, we will remember our grandparents talking about it, but no one will be alive who can say; "Yes, I remember it, I remember the news breaking, I remember the headlines the next day."
Also, off topic but, the Japan A-bombs are hardly a benchmark for the "Next" nuclear war (i.e. the end of the world). See the spoiler below. To scale, the tiny puff of smoke at the bottom is a 15KT nuclear blast, the same size as the Hiroshima A-bomb. The main image is the size of the blast of the largest tested United States warhead.
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My grandmother is very much alive and came to this country after being liberated from a concentration camp. My grandfather - Alev Hashalom - was also liberated and came to Britain. She still bears the tattoo on her arm. She still keeps the bag packed under her bed with her jewellery and money in case they ever come again.
This isn't a thread about Japan.
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