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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG065-01
Creator Masami Kobayashi
Age at the Time 30
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 2,150m
Location Hijiyama, Niho areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 33.3×34.7
Description A throng of students rushed toward Hiroshima Girls Commercial School, mostly those who had been mobilized to demolish buildings. Their hair was completely singed, their faces burned sooty black, their eyes rolled. Only the teeth in their open mouths were white. Their burned skin hung to their ankles like rags. Tottering, they kept coming.

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