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ID Code | NG392-02 |
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Creator | Fumiaki Kajiya |
Age at the Time | 6 |
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Date of the Scene | 1945/8/6 |
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) | 1,800m |
Location | Ushita, Hiroshima Station areas |
Size (H×W) (cm) | 39.5×54.4 |
Description | Victims pouring like an avalanche toward the river 1,800 m from the hypocenter, Nigitsujinja Shrine (Futabanosato) August 6, 1945 Fumiaki Kajiya (6 at the time of the bombing, 63 when he drew this picture) Explanation in picture With flames rising from houses pursuing them, crowds of people poured down like an avalanche over the stone steps to the river on the other side. A stream of corpses flowed down the river. |