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<body><a href="../index.html">HOME</a><br><table summary="220"><tr><td class="etesti">220</td><td class="edate">August 9<sup>th</sup>, 1945.  In the evening</td><td class="eage">38 years old at that time</td></tr><tr><td class="ei_midasi" colspan=3>Inside the ribs and skulls are difficult to catch on fire.</td></tr></table><table summary="haikei"><tr><td class="bg" background="../../photo/img342.jpg"><div class="large"><p>Dead bodies lied everywhere on the ground or were piled up like a mountain. Among them, there were bodies of mothers with their little child.</p><p>Bodies that were half burned, bodies with the flesh remained on the top part and only bones on the lower part, or the bodies that the top part were missing.  I felt that I would go out of mind.  Not even a drop of tears trickled down on my face.</p><br><p>On the evening of August 9th, we decided to cremate the dead bodies as many as we could.  We collected pillars from broken schools and arranged them in a shape of #.  We lined dead bodies on it and lit the fire with old clothes.</p><br><p>Of human body, inside of the ribs is the most difficult part to catch on fire. The skull comes next.  It took over two hours for them to burn.</p></div></td></tr></table></body>