Japanese boy waiting in line at the crematorium with his deceased baby brother after Nagasaki, 1945

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image showing Japanese boy waiting in line at the crematorium with his deceased baby brother after Nagasaki, 1945

sanjay_82 on November 18th, 2021 at 21:03 UTC »

Man this is truly heart breaking

WhiteComet99 on November 18th, 2021 at 21:04 UTC »

Credit to photographer Joseph Roger O'Donnell, who released this statement about this photo here:

“I saw a boy about ten years old walking by. He was carrying a baby on his back. In those days in Japan, we often saw children playing with their little brothers or sisters on their backs, but this boy was clearly different. I could see that he had come to this place for a serious reason. He was wearing no shoes. His face was hard. The little head was tipped back as if the baby were fast asleep. The boy stood there for five or ten minutes”. “The men in white masks walked over to him and quietly began to take off the rope that was holding the baby. That is when I saw that the baby was already dead. The men held the body by the hands and feet and placed it on the fire. The boy stood there straight without moving, watching the flames. He was biting his lower lip so hard that it shone with blood. The flame burned low like the sun going down. The boy turned around and walked silently away”.

irishtemp on November 18th, 2021 at 21:35 UTC »

If you haven't seen it go watch Grave of the Fireflies, it's animated, but that doesn't matter its powerful and will break your heart.