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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE03-07
Creator Toshiko Hirakawa
Age at the Time 14
Donor
Date of the Scene Around August 18 or 19, 1945
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 4,800m
Location Koi, Kusatsu areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 38×54
Description A-bomb Drawings by Survivors
[Artist's comments]Excerpted
Too weak to do anything
The victims rested on army blankets laid on the wooden floors of the classrooms. Some were too weak to do anything about the maggots breeding or the flies alighting on their wounds.
Around August 18 or 19
4,800m / Kusatsu Elementary School
Toshiko Hirakawa

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