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Children's Peace Monument

Japan

The Children's Peace Monument (Genbaku no Ko no Zō, lit. "Atomic Bomb Children Statue") is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This monument is located in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako Sasaki, a young girl, died of leukemia on October 25, 1955 from radiation of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

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