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Japan: Hiroshima victim's origami a warning from the past

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Sadako Sasaki was two years old when the "Little Boy" bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. She survived the initial blast, but was exposed to large amounts of radiation. She was diagnosed with acute malignant lymph gland leukemia, an illness called "atomic bomb disease" She began folding origami cranes to pray for her recovery, believing she would recover.

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Japan: Hiroshima victim's origami a warning from the past

The family of Sadako Sasaki, who died of radiation poisoning in 1955, wants her paper cranes recognized by UNESCO as a historically significant symbol of the horrors of nuclear weapons.

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Deutsche Welle broke the news in Bonn, Germany on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.
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