2024年01月01日
強制収容所に志願（二二五ー４）
肌身離さず持っていた聖書も失ってしまったことは彼女には最大の苦しみであった。狭いカイコ棚のような所に一二人が頭と足を互い違いにして寐なければならなかった。夜中に人の足が口に入ることもあった。深夜、みなが寝静まった時が彼女の大切な祈りの時間であった。彼女は人々を慰め励まし福音を説いたが「ナチスはクリスチャンで、私たちを殺す者だ。お前は売国奴だ」とか「何故神がユダヤ人だけをこんなひどい目にあわすのか」と言って相手にしてくれなかった。食事は薄いスープだけで鞭で追い立てられ重労働させられた。時々裸で整列させられ労働できる肉がまだついているかを調べられ、毎回多くの者がガス室に送られた。彼女は残されていたが、ある時ガス室送りになった。入った途端に機械の故障で助かり戻された。
Losing the Bible, which she had always kept with her, was the greatest pain for her. Twelve people had to lie in a narrow place like a silkworm trellis, with their heads and feet alternated. Sometimes people's feet went into their mouths during the night. Late at night, when everyone was asleep, was her precious time for prayer. She consoled and encouraged people and preached the gospel, but she also said things like, ``Nazis are Christians who kill us. You are traitors,'' and ``Why does God only treat Jews like this?'' He didn't give me anything. All she had to eat was thin soup, and they whipped her and forced her to do hard labor. They were sometimes lined up naked to see if they still had any flesh on them to work with, and many were sent to the gas chambers each time. She was left behind, but at one point she was sent to the gas chamber. As soon as she entered, a machine malfunctioned and she was rescued.
Losing the Bible, which she had always kept with her, was the greatest pain for her. Twelve people had to lie in a narrow place like a silkworm trellis, with their heads and feet alternated. Sometimes people's feet went into their mouths during the night. Late at night, when everyone was asleep, was her precious time for prayer. She consoled and encouraged people and preached the gospel, but she also said things like, ``Nazis are Christians who kill us. You are traitors,'' and ``Why does God only treat Jews like this?'' He didn't give me anything. All she had to eat was thin soup, and they whipped her and forced her to do hard labor. They were sometimes lined up naked to see if they still had any flesh on them to work with, and many were sent to the gas chambers each time. She was left behind, but at one point she was sent to the gas chamber. As soon as she entered, a machine malfunctioned and she was rescued.
