German Nun Describes Atrocities of
Communists in Letter to Local Nurse
A Valley resident who served
as an officer in the Army Nurses’ |
Corps during the war and who I
was headquartered at a convent j
in Germany, recently received j
the following letter from the nun j
in charge of the convent. The
two women became fast friends
and the nurse has continued to
send boxes to the nun since the
war. In the letter the sister de
scribes the terrible conditions that
still prevail in her country. She
starts her letter by writing that
the people of Germany are very
alarmed by the war situation.
“Every evening we listen in on \
the radio, but since two days no j
news from Korea has been broad-1
cast. I have watched the war;
there, as far as our papers made j
it possible, and I have been in i
sorrow about your countrymen, [
already at the beginning of the j
conflict.
“Stalin has learned from Ceasar j
whose maxim was: “Divide et j
impera.” He would like nothing j
more than to divide your army j
forces: therefore he causes con-,
k flicts everywhere, and at last j
when your forces will be busy •
at many places, he will occupy i
our country without difficulty, j
Our whole continent is trembling j
with fear.
“What is ffnincf nn in nnr rnun- >
relied upon. If we should depend
on their help we shall be aban
doned. If we are given arms the
whole people will take them and
rather die than give up our coun
try to the Russians.
“We have been betrayed by the
Nazis, but that will do; we are not
to be betrayed by the sweet say
ing of the Communists. Their
deeds in the East of our poor
country speak too loud a lan
guage and their violation of all
human rights cries to heaven for
revenge.
“You will have heard or read
about their latest law to protect
Communism: ‘Everybody who
shows in the least to be anti-Com
munist is to be killed’! Families
who send their children to West
Germany are looked upon as en
emies of Communism and have
to bear the consequences. We
have some girls here from the
Russian Zone, and just today
their parents let us know that
they are willing and resolved to
bear the consequences rather than
to let their children be violated
and troubled in their consciences.
But it is horrible to think that
some harm should be done to
them.
“Thousands of Germans have
already been condemned to life
long slavery in Russia; 50,000
German women, nuns and girls I
are being treated as slaves in
Russia! Can this go on that way?
“I can’t understand that regard
ing such peril for the liberty of
the whole Europe and even the
whole world the French cannot
make up their minds to bury all
enemity and mistrust, and make
friendship with their neighbor.
Our people are good and trust
worthy. The conference at Brus
sels has had some success — at
1 least no last resolution has been
taken. j
“As to your country, I feel _
Warmest sympathy. Your people
are not used to want and poverty; f
quite the contrary. It might come I
a hard time for them, too. We
shall forever be grateful to our
good friends and pray for them.
We must not lose hope and con
fidence. The good are promised
to conquer and overcome the evil
at last.
“I wish you and your whole
country that the coming year may
be full of God’s blessing for each
of you.”
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try, occupied by the Russians, i
that is dreadful. You will have!
read about this, I think. The last!
little bit of liberty is gone, worse
even than under Hitler. Every
day about 150 or 200 Germans
come back to West Germany.
They leave behind all that they
owned in the East Zone; they ar
rive wholly exhausted, especially
those men and women who, since
the war, have been kept back in!
Russia and have been forced to j
hardest toil. Women are forced to j
w'ork in mines or in those endless
woods wTiere they have to fell j
trees; others have to work as rna- j
sons, or to build bridges. Most of,
them have been violated by the
Russians, when, after such hard I
work, they were overtired and not j
able to resist.
“Those who are allowed to come 1
home are ill and ruined in a way;
that they will never be able to;
become real women again. None) '
comes back that has not brought
forth at least three children! In
the months that they were with
child they had a little more lei
sure and better food. Eight days
after the baby’s birth this was
taken from them and the former j
toil began again. Never did they |
see the child again. All womanly j
feeling has been killed. Only very J
few have proved virtue enough
to remain women, to be good to
others, to keep pure of soul and
mind. Those few believed in God,
trusted themselves to our Lady
and thus were able not to lose
hope.
“Dec. 21—I am sorry, I could |
not finish the letter. I am so
little master of my time. More
over, the political situation in
fluenced by well-being. It is a
pity that the Allies cannot bury j
what Nazi-Germany has done;
wrong. They forget that the war- J
makers have been executed and
are dead. No real German wants;
another war nor has one wanted !
the last. They were betrayed by i
the false leaders. I
“Our present Chancellor Aden
aver is an upright Catholic, a gen
tleman from head to toe. He is
to be trusted and relied upon. If
the Russians should invade West
ern Germany, too, the French will
learn to appreciate the Germans
defending their own country, for
the French will not be strong
enough to fight the Russians.
“They have SO many Com
munists in their ranks. Everybody j
knows that the French Commun- j
ists are mighty enough to hinder J
the French mobilization! They
will at once take possession of the
whole telegraphy-net and rail
way! The French are not to be
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