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ID Code | TKAWAMOTO0018 |
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Title | Cremation site near Honkawa National Elementary School |
Photographer | Toshio Kawamoto |
Date | 16657 |
Location | Kajiya-cho |
Distance from hypocenter | 450meters |
Existence of phorographic nagatives | No |
Owner | Hiroshima City |
Custodian | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
Description | This photo appears to show the south of Honkawa National Elementary School, located 410 meters from the hypocenter. The school served as a first-aid station, and many people were cremated in the schoolyard. Dead bodies in the neighborhood were collected and cremated in the burned ruins of temples near the school, too. |
Record of publication in literature, exhibition | Listed in the “Peace Database” of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum website,The photo collection “The Moment of Hiroshima’s Destruction” |
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