The War Orphans of Hiroshima: Part I

by Sarah Terzo — The Bombing of Hiroshima This month is the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, which took place on August 6, 1945. Some children from Hiroshima became orphans. This article tells the stories of three of them. The accounts are from Arata Osada, PhD, Children of Hiroshima, originally published in 1951. Osada interviewed children who survived the bombing. The book was translated…