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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG239-02
Creator Koji Wada
Age at the Time 12
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 1,910m
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 22.2×27
Description Destroyed school
August 6, 1945
Koji Wada (12 at time of bombing, 69 at time of drawing)
[Notes from the artist]
Just as the falsh and shock wave subsided, the three 2-story buildings making up my school, Second Hitoshima Prefectual Junior High School, collapsed completely.

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