VOSHN 232

<body><a href="../index.html">HOME</a><br><table summary="216"><tr><td class="etesti">216</td><td class="edate">August 9<sup>th</sup>, 1945.  In the night</td><td class="eage">23 years old at that time</td></tr><tr><td class="ei_midasi" colspan=3>I have forgotten the prayer.</td></tr></table><div class="largep"><p>We escaped into the mountain.  I had lost the will to live.  I might have felt that my life was over.</p><br><p>Having been Catholic for generations, I had received Catholic education.  It made me feel that I finally could go to Heaven at that time.</p><br><p>I remembered how horrible my uncle looked when he died.  It was the end of the world to me.</p><br><p>We usually prayed in the mornings and evenings every day.  However I was dispirited to pray at the time.  I actually forgot any prayers and everything.  My father told me, "Shall we say our prayers?" I agreed and started with the first words, "Our Father who art in heaven."  But Being distracted by the sights on fire here and there, I could not actually continue praying.</p><br><p>I was not human being. I thought that humans were just like cows or horses.</p></div></body>