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A-bomb Drawings by Survivors

ID Code NG415-04
Creator TAKAHARA Yoshio
Age at the Time 34
Donor
Date of the Scene 1945/8/6
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 300m
Location Peace Memorial Park vicinity
Size (H×W) (cm) 91×118
Description There was fire everywhere; it was sheer hell
300m from the hypocenter Aioi Bridge
August 6, 1945
Drawn by Yoshio Takahara (age 34 at the time of the bombing)
[Excerpt of artist comment]
On Aioi Bridge a streetcar was burning bright red, the passengers frantically tried to escape but there was fire everywhere; it was sheer hell.

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