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Imagine a chocolate car - life-size that is - and why it might have been made.

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Posted by Mrs Thomson 

6 August 1945 8:15 am. Never again.

“What you see is one of the few buildings that remained standing in Hiroshima after the explosion of the atomic bomb. The building was designed by a Czech architect named Jan Letzel and served as a market for local products, but inside there were also offices, and a hall where organized exhibitions and cultural events were held. Today the building is known as A-Bomb Dome, and after a long debate, the city of Hiroshima decided in 1966 to preserve it as evidence of the atomic bomb and its destructive power. In fact, the building has remained exactly the same as it was immediately after the impact of the bomb, which occurred at 8:15 am on 6 August 1945 and at a distance of 160 metres southeast and at a height above the ground about 600 metres.”

Translated (with a few corrections) by Google Translate from the photographer’s Italian original.

 Posted by Mrs Thomson with apologies for any errors in the above translation.