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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG323-01
Creator MORINAGA Yoshie
Age at the Time 20
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 2,300m
Location Ushita, Hiroshima Station areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 38×54
Description Give me water

2,300m from the hypocenter Eastern Drill Ground
Onaga-machi (now, Hikari-machi)
August 6, 1945
Yoshie Morinaga (20 at time of bombing, 77 at time of drawing)

[Notes from the artist]
Everything a sea of fire and corpses and the figures of victims running away. Hell on Earth. Even now, it's like I can still hear their moans, crying voices, and pleas for water.

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