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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE16-11
Creator Haruo Ikegame
Age at the Time 20
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m)
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 42×60
Description These are people who were escaping in the direction of Yoshijima Air Field on August 6. There was a long line of people fleeing, crying for water and thrusting their arms forward. On the side exposed to the flash, their clothes were tattered, their bodies burned red and festering, their skin peeled back and hanging in shreds.

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