Secession and Security (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) by Ahsan I. Butt

Author:Ahsan I. Butt [Butt, Ahsan I.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2017-11-15T08:00:00+00:00

The forced marches exacted such a high toll because they were through rough terrain in difficult weather, with no medical support or protection against marauders.133 First person testimony is sparse for obvious reasons, but some survivor’s tales have made it through the test of time. One memoir, for instance, describes a typical scene following a deportation order:

As I now recall that day, there is a trembling in my body. The human mind is unable to bear such heaviness. My pen cannot describe the horrors. Confusion! Chaos! Woe! Wailing! Weeping! The father kisses his wife and children and departed, sobbing, encrazed. The son kissed his mother, his old father, his small sisters and brothers, and departed. Those who went and those who remained sobbed. Many left with no preparation, with only the clothes on their backs, the shoes on their feet, lacking money, lacking food, some without even seeing their loved ones. Already thousands of men had gathered in the appointed place, and like madmen, others were joining them.134

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