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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG331-04
Creator MATSUNAGA Shizuko
Age at the Time 13
Donor
Date of the Scene August 7–8, 1945
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 2,400m
Location Kokutaiji, Senda areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 24.7×33.4
Description Temporary crematoria were created in fields around the city. All the corpses lined up for cremation were gruesome. I saw a boy in a wooden box, his face wrapped in bandages, his body clothed in yukata (cotton kimono). Laying on a corrugated iron sheet were two charred corpses whose arms and legs had burned off. For three days and three nights, the city was wrapped in the stench and smoke of burning people.

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