| ID Code | GE03-10 |
|---|---|
| Creator | MATSUMURO Kazuo |
| Age at the Time | 32 |
| Donor | |
| Date of the Scene | |
| Distance from the Hypocenter (m) | 1,650m |
| Location | Hijiyama, Niho areas |
| Size (H×W) (cm) | 27×38 |
| Description | A girl clinging to her mother who was wounded over her whole body and barely breathing 1,700m from the hypocenter, Tsurumi Bridge Streetcar stop (Hijiyama-hon-machi, Minami-ku) August 6, 1945 Kazuo Matsumuro (32 at time of bombing, 61 at time of drawing) Explanation in picture It was probably not a coincidence that the mother was critically wounded while her daughter was virtually unscratched. The mother was barely breathing. Several hours later, the mother was piled onto a truck like a piece of trash to be taken for cremation. The child was taken away to be raised by someone else. Thus, they parted forever. If the daughter lived, she would be 30 now. How would she know anything of her mother or the other people she came from?" |