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For many people, the word "Hiroshima" brings to mind a mushroom cloud. We probably don't think about an actual place — least of all, the modern city on Japan's Kyushu Island. Modern Hiroshima has a million people and houses and office buildings and a pro baseball team. 

 we may not hear much from Hiroshima itself — the place or its people.
 
More than 70 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, most of the people who lived through Aug. 6, 1945, in that city are gone. But two decades ago, many thousands of A-bomb survivors still lived in Hiroshima. 

Reporter John Biewen went there in 1995 to interview some of those survivors. He made a documentary for Minnesota Public Radio to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombing. He has rebuilt that documentary to mark Obama's visit. 

Former MPR News reporter John Biewen now directs the audio program at the 

 at Duke University. He is also host and producer of the podcast, "

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To mark President Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima, we revisit a documentary from the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb blast there. It features the stories of survivors.

In 1995, MPR reporter John Biewen produced a documentary featuring the voices of survivors of the atomic bomb blast at Hiroshima. To mark President Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima this week, Biewen has revisited and updated the documentary, "Voices of Hiroshima". 5/26/16

Documentary: 'Voices of Hiroshima'

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