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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE10-05
Creator Sakae Maeda
Age at the Time 40
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 2,500m
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 26.5×37.5
Description A-bomb Drawings by Survivors
[Artist's comments]Summarized
Girl students covered with blood, and sobbing as they ran
There was no way to care for the burns and bleeding wounds of the students who ran into the schoolyard. All we could do was put a little cooking oil in a bucket, then dab it on their faces with rags.
August 6, just after the explosion
2,500m / Second Municipal Elementary School
Sakae Maeda

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