Koko Kondo
publication date: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 (part of Fall 2013)
category: Activism
clue: Pearl Buck and Ralph Edwards have this hibakusha in common.
explanation: Kondo was an anti-war advocate who survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima (the term "hibakusha" describes these survivors). She lived with Buck in America, and appeared on Edwards's television program This is Your Life. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, and Joanna Woods

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