"Hiroshima. People who escaped from this hell-on-earth. Taken from a bridge 2.3km south of the ...

Accession Number P05395.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Yoshito, Matsughige
Place made Japan: Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Date made 6 August 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

"Hiroshima. People who escaped from this hell-on-earth. Taken from a bridge 2.3km south of the hypocenter." This image is one of 20 photographs from an educational box set published in 1986 by the Hiroshima Institute for Peace Education for the Japanese Teachers Union (JTU). This Hiroshima-Nagasaki resource was once used by the Peace Education Resource Centre (PERC) in Queensberry Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia.

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