Conscience Be My Guide: An Anthology of Prison WritingsGeoffrey Bould Bloomsbury Academic, 1991 - 262 sidor This remarkable collection of prison literature inspires with the eloquent idealism of prisoners of conscience through the ages. The contributors include many of the world's finest writers: Wole Soyinka, Primo Levi, Irina Ratushinskaya, Fydor Dostoyevsky, Henry Throeau. There are moving accounts from victims of the Holocaust, Soviet labor camps and psychiatric prisons, nuclear protestors, civil rights and anti-apartheid activists, anti-colonial nationalists and targets of religious persecution throughout history. |
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... given action , whether it was truly necessary for one's safety or that of others , and whether committing it was good , neutral or bad . This keeping informed and aware of one's actions though it could not alter the required act , save ...
... given action , whether it was truly necessary for one's safety or that of others , and whether committing it was good , neutral or bad . This keeping informed and aware of one's actions though it could not alter the required act , save ...
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... given us joy till now will not abandon us then either . If only we do not forget to give thanks and do not hold ourselves back in our striving for heaven , God will permit our joy to continue on for all eternity . - Though I sit behind ...
... given us joy till now will not abandon us then either . If only we do not forget to give thanks and do not hold ourselves back in our striving for heaven , God will permit our joy to continue on for all eternity . - Though I sit behind ...
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... given set of circumstances , to choose one's own way . - The prisoner who had lost faith in the future — his future was doomed . With his loss of belief in the future , he also lost his spiritual hold ; he let himself decline and became ...
... given set of circumstances , to choose one's own way . - The prisoner who had lost faith in the future — his future was doomed . With his loss of belief in the future , he also lost his spiritual hold ; he let himself decline and became ...
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Amnesty International arrested asked Auschwitz became believe Belzec blindfolded body born bread called cell Christian Communist concentration camp conscientious objectors court dear death detained detention door Esperanto eyes face faith father fear feel feet Fellowship of Reconciliation felt Franz Jägerstätter freedom friends German Gestapo give Goli Otok ground guards handcuffs hands head hear heard heart hope human imprisoned Index on Censorship interrogation jail knew later letter live look Lord mind months morning never night No-Conscription Fellowship objectors one's pain peace person police political pray prayer priest prisoner of conscience punishment refused released remember sentenced soldiers solitary confinement someone soul South African spirit Stara Gradiska struggle suffering survive talk tell thing thought told took torture tried Venko Markovski voice walk wall words write wrote