The torture of witnessing the tortures of others
Apart from the physical torture caused by the position one had to hold, there was another, more terrible torture, that of witnessing the torture of others. This mental torture must have led to the downfall of many more people than the physical torture. As we sat and thought, one by one they were taken from the rack and beaten in front of us, telling us that each one of them would come back to us. If we had known when we would be next, we might have been calmer, but this state of waiting was terrifying and wore on our […]