I remember the first time I met Joseph Rotblat, on April 10, 1997. I had come into contact with the IANUS group just a few weeks earlier and at that time knew nothing about nuclear weapons. I attended a press conference and a lecture he gave on the occasion of a visit to IANUS at Darmstadt University.
With his characteristic smile, quiet voice, and lovely English, at age 89, he answered to a journalist question that, yes, he was confident to live long enough to see the world turn nuclear weapons free. Sadly, he lost his strength earlier. But he made a deep impression on many people like me. We will not forget him, follow his call to remember our humanity and, as David Krieger already said , pick up the baton and continue Sir Joseph’s struggle to rid the world of nuclear weapons .