Hiroshima, Account of Father Kleinsorge
Father Kleinsorge was a German priest that was in Japan for a Jesuit magazine. Before the bomb was dropped, he was relaxing outside of his three-story mission house in his underwear. That day, alarms went of several times, but all were false. Father always would go outside and scan the sky that would have a single weather plane flying over at about the same time each day. Then for a while it was quiet. Peace did not last long, however. A blinding flash surrounded the area. Father thought that a bomb fell on the mission house, so he ran outside into the garden. Before he recovered from the panic, he realized that he was cut with small debris. Also, most of the surrounding structures fell down. Not the mission house, because it was reinforced with steel beams. He heard screams of terror from people who got injured far more than he did.After a few days, Father Kleinsorge started feeling worse. He had nausea, fatigue, and slight hair lo
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Approximate Word count = 665
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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