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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE03-50
Creator OGASAWARA Haruko
Age at the Time 13
Donor
Date of the Scene Mid-September, 1945
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 1,300m
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 38×54
Description Cremations continued until September

1,300m from the hypocenter
Funairi-naka-machi
Mid-September, 1945
Haruko Ogasawara (13 at time of bombing, 43 at time of drawing)

[Notes from the artist]
This is how A-bomb survivors lived then. We built shacks on the burnt iron sheets. Behind the shacks, people dug holes and burned the dead.

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