The Dawn of Hope: A Memoir of Ravensbruck and Beyond by Geniviev De Gaulle Anthonioz

Author:Geniviev De Gaulle Anthonioz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-23T15:54:00+00:00

In remembering these glorious moments, I am far away from my cell. But some disturbing noises in the corridor bring me back to harsh reality. Several days before, my heavy cell door was literally torn asunder from top to bottom by a sudden burst of gunfire. I glued my eye to the crack in the door and saw several men in white blouses scurrying to and fro. I scarcely had time to leave my observation post when the bolts of my cell door were drawn back and I had the unexpected visit of one of those men in white, who entered my cell with a syringe in his hand. He motioned for me to open my dress and gave me an injection directly into the chest. What could it be? A lethal injection such as they administer to those in the camp they judge to be insane or who are suffering from tuberculosis? Or was it an injection in preparation for some medical experiment they intended to perform on me, the way they have on their little rabbits? I had no choice but to wait, and the wait seemed endless. Must I get ready to die? Suddenly, death seemed to me imminent. What pained me most was that no one would know how I met my endnot my father, my family, my friends. I remained standing as long as I could, thinking that I might as well be standing in front of a firing squad. Finally, when I could stand up no longer, I collapsed onto my straw mattress and immediately fell asleep, waking up only when I heard the wail of the siren. It was not the wakeup call but the siren announcing an air raid. The sound of bombs bursting not very far off. Was it possible the war was getting closer? Come now, I thought, you have to try and stay alive: it takes very little to rekindle a taste for living.

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