Website: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/the-devil-reached-toward-the-sky?date=2026-03-16

What had to happen for the atomic bomb to exist? From the physicists fleeing fascism in Hitler’s Europe, to the workers who produced uranium and plutonium, to the flight crew from whom the details of their mission were kept until shortly before takeoff, the creation and use of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki took years and hundreds of thousands of people. Author Garrett M. Graff draws on oral history archives, books, letters, diaries, and more from across the US, Japan, and Europe to bring the profound creative process and its haunting aftermath to life.

Location: The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at The New York Historical, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

More Information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/the-devil-reached-toward-the-sky?date=2026-03-16