29/08/2015 GMT
This month, it is 70 years since the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Witness has spoken to a Japanese doctor who saw the bomb fall.
From the British Library in London, Tanya Beckett introduces us to five more accounts of history through the eyes of people who were there. This month, it is 70 years since the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Witness has spoken to a Japanese doctor who saw the bomb fall and who treated thousands of the injured.
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