ISHIKAWA Fumie Dead pupils on the verandah of an elementary school. One dead boy was standing and leaning on an umbrella shelf. Year of Birth: 1928 \ Age at time of blast: 16 \ Age when image created: 46 |
YAMASHITA Masato August 31: My younger brother who died vomiting blood. His nose was bleeding, and his hair had fallen out. There were small red spots all over his body. Year of Birth: 1924 \ Age at time of blast: 20 \ Age when image created: 50 |
YAMADA Sumako In a split second strange rings of lights spread over my head. Year of Birth: 1924 \ Age at time of blast: 20 \ Age when image created: 49 |
YAMASHITA Masato A sea of fire filled with the moans of people pinned under their collapsed houses. Year of Birth: 1924 \ Age at time of blast: 20 \ Age when image created: 50 |
ISHIKAWA Fumie Loading corpses on a hand-drawn cart. Year of Birth: 1928 \ Age at time of blast: 16 \ Age when image created: 46 |
SHUNK Scott English translation of description is coming Year of Birth: 1927 \ Age at time of blast: 18 \ Age when image created: 47 |
YAMASHITA Masato Charred body of a four or five-year-old child pointing to the sky. Year of Birth: 1924 \ Age at time of blast: 20 \ Age when image created: 49 |
TAKAKURA Akiko A woman driven by unbearable thirst trying to catch black raindrops in her mouth. Year of Birth: 1925 \ Age at time of blast: 19 \ Age when image created: 49 |
KIHARA Toshiko As we fearfully crossed a railroad bridge, my two borthers and I saw bloated red, blue, green, and purple corpses floating. Year of Birth: 1928 \ Age at time of blast: 17 \ Age when image created: 47 |
KIHARA Toshiko People who died in the water tank. Suffering middle-school students. A horse in agony. A mother and child. Year of Birth: 1928 \ Age at time of blast: 17 \ Age when image created: 47 |
KIHARA Toshiko Swollen corpses turned blue, red and purple. Year of Birth: 1928 \ Age at time of blast: 17 \ Age when image created: 47 Date of image depicted: 1945/8/8 |
MICHITSUJI Yoshiko I ran toward my house through a sea of flames. Year of Birth: 1925 \ Age at time of blast: 20 \ Age when image created: 49 |
YAMAGATA Yasuko One day later: Corpses in a water tank. The charred body of a mother holding a baby, still standing as if in flight. Year of Birth: 1928 \ Age at time of blast: 17 \ Age when image created: 46 |
IKEGAME Haruo People fleeing toward Yoshijima airport. Their clothes were torn, and their bodies were burned red, their skin was peeling off and hanging down. Year of Birth: 1925 \ Age at time of blast: 20 \ Age when image created: 50 |