Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Museum, Art by Survivors, 05 -- "Fleeing with children from the ferocious fire"

Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Museum, Art by Survivors, 05 -- "Fleeing with children from the ferocious fire"

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Atomic Bomb--Hiroshima; Atomic bomb--Atomic bomb victims

Fleeing with children from the ferocious fire 05 - -- Explanation by the Artist: ferociWith the fire licking in ever closer, driven by desparate fear of death, I dug myself out. Buildings on both sides had tumbled into the road. I thought a bomb had exploded right over my head, but the whole city was burning feriously. Nearby I heard a voice screaming in desperate pain, calling for help. A person was trapped under a large tree. He screamed in agony as he burned slowly from the feet up. -- The scene depicted was 1,380 meters from the hypocenter, near Kyobashi Bridge. The artist was 37 at the time of the bombing, 66 when he drew this picture.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

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Ishizu, Kazuhiro

Thiedeman, Michael

Earlham College

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Japan

Japan - Showa 1926 - 1989

1974

Chugoku (region) Hiroshima (prefecture) Hiroshima (inhabited place)

1080086

1200 w x 843 h, 150 ppi