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ID Code | GE19-15 |
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Creator | Sen Sugimoto |
Age at the Time | 49 |
Donor | |
Date of the Scene | 1945/8/8 |
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) | 370m~620m |
Location | Peace Memorial Park vicinity |
Size (H×W) (cm) | 28×63 |
Description | Ruins of Denpukuji Temple, soldier lifting corpses from the river Drawing / Sen Sugimoto August 8, 1945 Approx. 370m from the hypocenter Zaimoku-cho (now Nakajima-cho) Sen Sugimoto (then 49) entered Hiroshima on the 8th looking for her brother-in-law Shodo and his wife Yoshiko. The rivers were full of bodies. She walked through a ruined city still strewn with bodies. When she finally arrived at the spot where the house should have been, not a trace was left. |