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After the bodies had been burned in the crematory, Igarashi raked out the bones, sorted the choice ones, put them in a little wooden box and took them to Uriyu, who was in charge of General Affairs in the Administrative Office. Uriyu was responsible for keeping the ashes. Someone kept a record of the boes, and the official seal was put in the record to receipt for the bones. Nakamura believes that this was done by Uriyu or someone in his office. After about a year, if the bones were not called for, Uriyu's office sent them to a vault by the crematory, and they were kept there. After the body had been cremated, Igarashi took the tag with the ashes to Uriyu's office., and it was kept to identify the bones. (There was a small wooden tag on each coffin.) |