Relatives of Sadako Sasaki, a girl who died of leukemia after the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, have filed for the registration of her paper cranes under UNESCO's Memory of the World program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/30/japan/unesco-listing-sadako/?utm_content=buffer34137&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #worldwarii #hiroshima #abomb #sadakosasaki
UNESCO listing sought for A-bombed girls paper cranes

Other items for which the application was made include Sadako Sasaki's handwritten notes on her blood test results and her photos.

The Japan Times