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Peace Crane

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Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子 Sasaki Sadako?, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) 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 a thousand origami cranes before her death, and is to this day a symbol of innocent victims of war.

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Graphical characteristics:
Asymmetric, Open shape, Colorful, Contains straight lines, Has no crossing lines.

Category: Peace Symbols.

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