Sadako Sasaki - Hiroshima, Japan
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Designed by native artists Kazuo Kikuchi and Kiyoshi Ikebe, the statue of Sadako Sasaki stands at the top of the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Date Posted: 10/15/2018
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Sadako Sasaki (January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who was 2 years old when an American atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, near her home next to the Misasa Bridge. Sasaki died of leukemia from radiation in October 1955. She became one of the most widely known hibakusha – a Japanese term meaning "bomb-affected person". She is remembered through the story of the one thousand origami cranes she folded before her death, and is to this day a symbol of the innocent victims of nuclear warfare.
After her death, Sasaki's friends and schoolmates published a collection of letters in order to raise funds to build a memorial to her and all of the children who had died from the effects of the atomic bomb, for example the Japanese girl Yoko Moriwaki.
In 1958, a 9-meter high bronze statue of Sasaki holding a golden crane and standing on top of a three-legged dome pedestal was unveiled in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. At the foot of the monument is a plaque that reads: "This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace in the world."
There is also a statue of her in the Seattle Peace Park. Sasaki has become a leading symbol of the impact of nuclear war. Sasaki is also a heroine for many girls in Japan. Her story is told in some Japanese schools on the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Dedicated to Sasaki, people all over Japan celebrate August 6 as the annual peace day.
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