The Day of the Bomb

Sadako wants to live is the most successful book of the Austrian writer Karl Bruckner. It appeared in 1961 and has since been translated into 70 languages ​​and sold over 2 million copies. The book was and is used worldwide in schools for peace education.

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The main character Sadako Sasaki experienced four years with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. At fourteen years old, they will radiate ill as a result. Sadako believed by the folding of 1,000 cranes in golden paper regain their health, because in the Japanese tradition, the crane for health and peace. Sadako fights for her life, but after the completion of the 990 cranes she dies.