These are video and e-mail messages sent by the students who listened to survivors' stories in the picturephone classes. Teachers noted that in ordinary classes students could not learn enough about Hiroshma. Also, meeting survivors who are living their lives with vigor and courage makes students think about what war means and what peace is. In the peace education class using picturephone equipment, I have found a major advantage. Students can listen to survivors' experiences in their classrooms and understand first-hand the cruelty and tragedies of atomic bombs and wars.
Students can realize how important it is to create and preserve world peace.
Meanwhile, for the survivors, they can tell their experiences in their home country and still convey messages of peace to the entire world. However, we see this picturephone class as a wonderful means to convey the message of peace. We would like to continue the expansion of this project and conduct more peace education class in overseas countries. Recently, technology has developed dramatically, especially the telecommunication industry. Moreover, survivors, as they are aging year by year, are finding it increasingly difficult to tell their experiences.