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1955: The Hiroshima Maidens

One Year by Slate Podcasts

Oct 6, 202350:59Society & Culture

Ten years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 25 women who’d been disfigured by the blast came to the United States. Those Japanese survivors would go to the White House and end up on a bizarre proto reality TV show....

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1955: The Hiroshima Maidens is an episode from One Year by Slate Podcasts. Ten years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 25 women who’d been disfigured by the blast came to the United States. Those Japanese survivors would go to the Whit...

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Published Oct 6, 2023, 50:59 long, audio available.

1955: The Hiroshima Maidens

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