Japan’s World War II Orphans Tell Their Inspiring Tales Of Resilience And Recovery
Eclipsed By Two Nuclear Bomb Attacks
The same year in August, the Nagasaki and Hiroshima nuclear attacks happened, and they soon eclipsed the effects of that fateful March 1945 day. In Japan’s postwar bid to rebuild, no one was addressing the impacts of the Second World War or even extending recovery efforts to the community as a whole.
The WWII orphans had long been forgotten because most ended up in orphanages or, even worse, sold for labor. Motoki found herself in an almost similar predicament where she worked as a maid for her uncle’s household of 12. In return, they paid for her schooling, but she never had anything close to typical home life.
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