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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... look ! ' He opened the window and from behind the iron grille we watched the flakes dance in the beam of the searchlights . - - It felt like flying . It always does when I watch the snow fall - as if the flakes are stationary and I'm ...
... look ! ' He opened the window and from behind the iron grille we watched the flakes dance in the beam of the searchlights . - - It felt like flying . It always does when I watch the snow fall - as if the flakes are stationary and I'm ...
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... look round for a minute hearing you shouting each other down to draw my attention . ' Look Dad ! ' Suddenly Max loses his balance , falls over grimacing with the exertion of it , and feels he's about to lose hold of the lift . But no ...
... look round for a minute hearing you shouting each other down to draw my attention . ' Look Dad ! ' Suddenly Max loses his balance , falls over grimacing with the exertion of it , and feels he's about to lose hold of the lift . But no ...
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... look at me and think , as they are meant to think , ' It's not worth it ' , and keep silent . Because we need them . The world needs them if it is to survive . The fiercer the pressures to keep silent , the more urgent the need is for ...
... look at me and think , as they are meant to think , ' It's not worth it ' , and keep silent . Because we need them . The world needs them if it is to survive . The fiercer the pressures to keep silent , the more urgent the need is for ...
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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