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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE01-41
Creator NISHIDA Terumi
Age at the Time 33
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 1,320m
Location Misasa, Gion areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 27×38
Description A woman hanging from an electric wire by her hair
1,300 m from the hypocenter, near Yokogawa-shinbashi Bridge
August 6, 1945
Terumi Nishida (33 at the time of the bombing, 62 when she drew this picture)
Explanation in picture
The blast had tossed a woman into the air and wound her hair around a streetcar power cable, from which she now hung. When would she get down? No one would touch her.

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