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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG143-03
Creator Akie Watanabe
Age at the Time 17
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 2,300m
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 26.7×37.7
Description August 6, 1945
From the dust
Akie Watanabe (17 at time of bombing, 74 at time of drawing)
[Notes from the artist]
Many people were lying on top of each other in the fields and on the roadsides, their darkened bodies swollen from burns and injuries. From the hanging cloud of smoke and dust, people seeking shelter appeared one after another.

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