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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG375-01
Creator Nobue Oki
Age at the Time 19
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 1,700m
Location Yoshijima, Funairi, Kan-on areas
Size (H×W) (cm) 26×35.4
Description After crawling desperately out from under my collapsed home, I found my grandmother trapped under the house. The fire was coming. There was nothing I could do. I put my hands together and said, "Please forgive me, Grandma," and fled barefoot.
Drawing / Nobue Oki
Around 9:30 a.m., August 6, 1945
Approx. 1,700m from the hypocenter
Kan-on-hon-machi (now, Kan-on-hon-machi 1-chome)

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