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Im Always Suspicious Of People Who Repent Of Other Peoples Sins.

What's Surprising Is That The People Who Fought Against Torture Here Are The Communists.

After All, You're Not Exactly A Nation Like All The Other Nations. You Are Unique, If Only Because You Are Such An Ancient People, And Because Of The Way You Are Spread All Over The World And Your Obvious Success In Many Fields.

In France, At Least The German Occupation Was Not Especially Inhumane, Even If There Were A Number Of Excesses - Inevitable In A Country Of 550,000 Square Kilometres... If The Germans Had Carried Out Mass Executions Across The Country As The Received Wisdom Would Have It, Then There Wouldn't Have Been Any Need For Concentration Camps For Political Deportees.

You Must Either Suffer In This Life Or Give Up The Hope Of Seeing God In Heaven. Sufferings And Persecutions Are Of The Greatest Avail To Us, Because We Can Find Therein A Very Efficient Means To Make Atonement For Our Sins, Since We Are Bound To Suffer For Them Either In This World Or In The Next.