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hibakusha Definition

hi·baku·sha (hē bäk′s̸hä′)

noun pl. -·sha′

a survivor of the atomic destruction of Hiroshima or of Nagasaki in 1945

Etymology: Jpn, lit., explosion-affected person

hibakusha Quotes

There are people not spoken about, people not written about, people whose name is a way of saying they are not there. Hibakusha, atomic victimsöthe scarred who carry our scars.

—Gee, Maggie

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