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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE01-05
Creator SHIOTSU Haruyo
Age at the Time 27
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 3,500m
Location Ushita, Hiroshima Station areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 30×41.5
Description Holding their burned and peeling arms in front, groaning in pain, they fled.
3,500m from the hypocenter / Ushita-machi
August 6, 1945
Haruyo Shiotsu (27 at the time of the bombing, 56 when she drew this picture)
Explanation in picture
"Water, water, water" "It hurts, it hurts" "Damn" "Mother". They came seeking refuge in Ushita-shin-machi. Some as far as the school in Hesaka.

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