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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE26-16
Creator OGASAWARA Haruko
Age at the Time 13
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 2,200m
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 38×54
Description Mother and I flee along the streetcar tracks.
2,200 m from the hypocenter, Funairi-kawaguchi-cho
August 6, 1945
Haruko Ogasawara (13 at the time of the bombing, 42 when she drew this picture)
Explanation in picture
The left side of my face got hot, so as we fled toward Ebayama Hill, I kept wetting it with the dirty water in the fire cisterns along the way. Some shouted, "More enemy planes are coming! Hurry up!"

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