THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 5, 2022 at 17:16 JST
Clifton Truman Daniel, a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, emcees a concert held in New York on May 2, 2015. A violin that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima was played at the event. (Photographed by Paule Saviano)
Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a five-part series on the “atomic-bombed violin.” The stringed instrument, once owned by a Russian, survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. It was restored a decade ago and its sound has since touched many people’s hearts across borders. [Read More]
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