644 Cranes: “This is our cry, this is our prayer; peace in the world.” This Date in Peace & Justice History

October 25, 1955

Sadako Sasaki
Sadako Sasaki, following the Japanese custom of folding paper cranes – symbols of good fortune and longevity – persisted daily in folding cranes, hoping to create senbazuru (1000 paper cranes strung together) when a person’s dream is believed to come true, died.
The Sadako story    

Sadako was two years old when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and at 12 was diagnosed with Leukemia, “the atom bomb” disease. 
Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima showing Sadako holding a golden crane  Photo: Mark Bledstein

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