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Now I knew that our suffering had been useless. Whenever the Turkish authorities wished, the horrors of the Armenian massacres would live again in Zicron Jacob, and we should be powerless to raise a hand to protect ourselves. NOW I KNEW THAT OUR SUFFERING HAD BEEN USELESS WHENEVER THE TURKISH AUTHORITIES WISHED THE HORRORS OF THE ARMENIAN MASSACRES WOULD LIVE AGAIN IN ZICRON JACOB AND WE SHOULD BE POWERLESS TO RAISE A HAND TO PROTECT OURSELVES
crifice. Finally, when it was found that torture and imprisonment would not make us yield our secret, the Turks resorted to the final test--the ordeal which we could not withstand. They announced that on a certain date a number of our young girls would be carried off and handed over to the officers, to be kept until the arms were disclosed. We knew that they were capable of carrying out this threat; we knew exactly what it meant. There was no alternative. The people of our village had nothing to do but dig up the treasured arms and, with broken hearts, hand them over to the authorities. And so the terrible news was brought to us one morning that we were free. Personally, I felt much happier on the day I was put in prison than when I was released. I had often wondered how our people had been able to bear the rack and thumbscrew of the Spanish Inquisition; but when my turn and my comrades' came for torture, I realized that the same spirit that helped our ancestors was working in us also. AD TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FINALLY WHEN IT WAS FOUND THAT TORTURE AND IMPRISONMENT WOULD NOT MAKE US YIELD OUR SECRET THE TURKS RESORTED TO THE FINAL TEST THE ORDEAL WHICH WE COULD NOT WITHSTAND THEY ANNOUNCED THAT ON CERTAIN DATE A NUMBER OF OUR YOUNG GIRLS WOULD BE CARRIED OFF AND HANDED OVER TO THE OFFICERS TO BE KEPT UNTIL THE ARMS WERE DISCLOSED WE KNEW THAT THEY WERE CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT THIS THREAT WE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANT THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE THE PEOPLE OF OUR VILLAGE HAD NOTHING TO DO BUT DIG UP THE TREASURED ARMS WITH BROKEN HEARTS HAND THEM OVER TO THE AUTHORITIES AND SO THE TERRIBLE NEWS WAS BROUGHT TO US ONE MORNING THAT WE WERE FREE PERSONALLY I FELT MUCH HAPPIER ON THE DAY I WAS PUT IN PRISON THAN WHEN I WAS RELEASED I HAD OFTEN WONDERED HOW OUR PEOPLE HAD BEEN ABLE TO BEAR THE RACK AND THUMBSCREW OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION BUT WHEN MY TURN AND MY COMRADES CAME FOR TORTURE I REALIZED THAT THE SAME SPIRIT THAT HELPED OUR ANCESTORS WAS WORKING IN US ALSO
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