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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE08-17
Creator OGASAWARA Haruko
Age at the Time 13
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/9
Distance from the Hypocenter (m)
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 38×54
Description Injured and burnt people lying on the tracks, their names written on roof tiles next to their heads
Eba Line
August 9, 1945
Haruko Ogasawara (13 at the time of the bombing, 42 when she drew this picture)
Explanation in picture
Three days after the bombing, my parents and I returned to the burnt ruins to see what had become of our house. Kanzaki Elementary School, where I had gone, was only partially burnt and was serving as a relief station for the wounded. People were lined up on the Eba tracks like ties. Next to them were roof tiles on which their names were written. They were barely breathing under the blazing sun.

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