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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE15-36
Creator Atsushi Watanabe
Age at the Time 16
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/9
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 1,550m
Location Moto-machi, Hakushima areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 37.5×46.5
Description Gathering bodies from the burned ruins, cremating them by the river
1,550 m from the hypocenter, across from Tokiwa Bridge (Osuga-cho)
August 9, 1945, about 11:00 a.m.
Atsushi Watanabe (16 at the time of the bombing, 45 when he drew this picture)
Explanation in picture
We gathered dozens of charred bodies from the burned ruins in the area and made a pile of burned corpses.
Then, we carried them to the river and burned them.

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