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ID Code SA018-2
Photographer Yotsugi Kawahara
Provider Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location Kamiya-cho, Hondori areas
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 260
Description Searching inpatient lists at relief headquarters
Photo by Yotsugi Kawahara
260m from the hypocenter
Kamiya-cho Sumitomo Bank, Hiroshima Branch
August 10, 1945

People Scanning the Patient List Posted at Relief Headquarters
260m from the hypocenter Kamiya-cho, Sumitomo Bank, Hiroshima Branch
(around August 10, 1945)
Worried for the safety of missing family and relatives, those who were able searched the city endlessly inquiring at relief stations, Many were never able to identify a body or even bring home belongings or other mementos of deceased.

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