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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Hiroshima - 69th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing

NAKANO Kenichi 中野健一 (なかのけんいち)
A hell-like city in a sea of fire.
全市火の海となった地獄のような様子
Year of Birth: 1898 \ Age at time of blast: 47 \ Age when image created: 76
Date of image depicted: 1945/8/6
Distance from hypocenter in meters: 200
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
FUJISE Asako 藤瀬朝子 (ふじせあさこ)
Seen from Hijiyama Hill, the city was a bright red burning Hell.
真火にもえる市内を放心状態で眺める
Year of Birth: 1923 \ Age at time of blast: 22 \ Age when image created: 51
Date of image depicted: 1945/8/6
Distance from hypocenter in meters: 2000
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

1 comment:

  1. Thank you, Octavia. I made a prompt for today at Poets United: http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2014/08/poets-united-midweek-motif-hiroshima-or.html

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