Top PageA-bomb Drawings by SurvivorsDetails
ID Code | GE03-25 |
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Creator | OKAZAKI Hidehiko |
Age at the Time | 18 |
Donor | |
Date of the Scene | 1945/8/9 |
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) | 800m |
Location | Tokaichi, Nakahiro areas |
Size (H×W) (cm) | 27×38 |
Description | A row of girl students' bodies Drawing / Hidehiko Okazaki August 9, 1945 Approx. 800m from the hypocenter Near Dohashi In Dohashi, nearly 1,800 students from First Hiroshima Prefectural Girls High School, Hiroshima Municipal Junior High School, Misasa Elementary School, and other schools joined a volunteer citizens corps recruited from neighborhood associations and various workplaces in building demolition. About 80 percent of the students were dead or missing. |