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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code GE36-30
Creator Koutoku Tokeshi
Age at the Time 29
Donor
Date of the Scene
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 1,100m
Location Tokaichi, Nakahiro areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 24×36
Description People inside a burned-out streetcar cried continuously for help.
1,100 m from the hypocenter, Hirose-kita-machi
Tsunenori Tokeshi
Explanation in picture
A streetcar with smashed windows and a broken roof was crammed with survivors who had climbed in for safety. Red people, the color of carrots because their skin had peeled. Others still had skin but looked like Sakurajima daikon (Japanese radish), so swollen they could hardly see.
"Help! Help!" they called continually.
We could do nothing. I felt how powerless humans are.

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