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A-bomb Artifacts

ID Code 2101-0589
Artifact Name A small dish serves as a memento of their family
Donor YAMASAKI Kanji
Receiving Date 2000/03/28
Size (W×H×D) (mm) 95×35×95
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 350
Number 1
Location Peace Memorial Park vicinity
Description In mid-September1945,Kanji Yamasaki(then, 17)and his older sister (then, 32) dug up the burnt ruins of home in searth of ashes of ashes of their mother,aunt,and cousins,all killed by the bomb. They found none. This dish used from the taime of kanji's childhood was all they could find to keep as a remembrance of the dead.

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