The Day of the Bomb
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The Day of the Bomb is a non-fiction
book written by the Austrian author Karl Bruckner
in 1961.
The story is about a Japanese girl, Sadako Sasaki
who lived in Hiroshima
and died of illnesses caused by atomic-bomb radiation.
The book was translated into most major languages, published on the world wide web
, and is often used as material for peace education in schools around the world.
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
book written by the Austrian author Karl Bruckner
Karl Bruckner
Karl Bruckner, was an Austrian children's writer.Committed to peace, international understanding, and social justice, he became one of Austria's leading writers for young people.-Life:...
in 1961.
The story is about a Japanese girl, Sadako Sasaki
Sadako Sasaki
was a Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, near her home by Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako is remembered through the story of attempting to fold a thousand origami cranes before her death, a wish which was memorialized in popular...
who lived in Hiroshima
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
and died of illnesses caused by atomic-bomb radiation.
The book was translated into most major languages, published on the world wide web
World Wide Web
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, and is often used as material for peace education in schools around the world.
See also
- Sadako SasakiSadako Sasakiwas a Japanese girl who was two years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945, near her home by Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako is remembered through the story of attempting to fold a thousand origami cranes before her death, a wish which was memorialized in popular...
- Atomic Bombing of HiroshimaAtomic bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiDuring the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the first on August 6, 1945, and the second on August 9, 1945. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.For six months...
- Children's Peace MonumentChildren's Peace MonumentThe is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima-Overview:The monument is located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, itself in the city of Hiroshima...
- Sadako and the Thousand Paper CranesSadako and the Thousand Paper CranesSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a non-fiction children's book written by American author Eleanor Coerr and published in 1977.This true story is of a girl, Sadako Sasaki, who lived in Hiroshima at the time of the atomic bombing by the United States...
- 1977