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one woman. The Chief told them to be more careful because that
was too many for one day. That day they ;took my husband away a
number of times, and I recognized his screams. Twice I heard
his difficulty breathing and it sounded as though he had
swallowed his tongue. The music stopped and an urgent call for
the doctor came over the loudspeaker. I heard people running,
and I heard the doctor say, if they wanted him alive, that was
enough for now, and not to go further. Then they took me to
one of the rooms. This time they took off the hood, and I saw
that several of the ones who had' been to my apartment were
there along with one 1 did not know. They now spoke harshly to
me and again asked, me for Information. A torturer entered
wearing jeans, a red jacket and rubber boots. He was blond,
with a red face, and he told them "I will give to her". To me
he said: "All right, I'm in a hurry, tell me whether you know
anything, or I will give you the 6 pointed cattle prod." The
others wanted to hurry me. I cried and said I was telling the
truth; I knew nothing; I was not a militant; and since I did
not like such things I consciously knew nothing about them.
They asked me what mbney we were living on, and 1 told him
ours. They took me again to the corridor. After several
hours, they made many of the people line up, each with his
hands on the shoulders of the person in front of him. There
were probably about ten of us, and they made us walk, climb
stairs, and then take an elevator. He probably went up about
five floors, and there they made us squat down and told us to
stretch out on a mattress. Alongside of me there was a man who
did not comply well, and they kicked and punched him for about
an hour. I immediately fell into a deep sleep. I was
completely exhausted, and I no longer cared what happened to
me. I was so exhausted that, while they were taking me there
they pawed me and I wasn't even startled. When I awoke they
served sandwiches. They made me sit up, but I could eat only a
few mouthfuls. I continued to sleep, I believe, the entire
day, I cannot be sure. I woke up in the morning and they were
distributing a little food to each person in turn. I felt
rested, and tried to find out what was going on. I heard those
with me calling the guard to go to the bathroom. I did the
same thing. Soon one of them made me stand up, and I hit my
head on a beam. I realized that the roof was very low. In the
bathroom, the guard took off my hood. He asked me how old I
was, whether I was married, and whether I had any children. He
was a kid about 17 years old. He was very kind to me and told
me to read what was written on my hood. The words "possible
release" were written on the cloth in throad. I asked .what it
meant, and he told me they were going to release me. I asked
him why I was there, and he said it was a mistake. His only