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privatepizza ago

Powerful and disturbing testimony from the Dutch survivor. Disturbing and so very real. Thanks Laskar, excellent post

Laskar ago

Thanks, I appreciate that. It was hard to listen to it.

It is such disturbing testimony, but people need to hear it--there is so much to it, and lots of leads to pick up from it.

privatepizza ago

Really, people do need to hear this, and you're right in that there's so much to it and lots of leads too.

I found very interesting when she was talking about being ritually abused for the first time at the age of 4, by the vicar and then her uncle, when she said that 'It took an hour. I was lying on a white cloth, but it was completely red'.

And.. the testimony of witnessing necrophilia. It's incredible to hear survivors testimonies, and.. it makes me more determined to do something : )

carmencita ago

The white cloth. Is that like the handkerchief of JP that was left behind? What they put under children, I believe. I also believe that they keep them as a souvenir. This is so very hard to write and think about. Oh how I hate them.

privatepizza ago

That's what I was thinking, yes. I believe they think it has magical properties. It is indeed difficult to think about and talk about. I think I know how you feel : )

carmencita ago

I just told my husband, sometimes it is so difficult to write these things, thoughts can be gone in a fleeting moment, but when you write it, it becomes more permanent. But then it occurs to me that I am not going through it, they are. This usually puts things into perspective:-)

privatepizza ago

That's so true, when you write it becomes permanent. And indeed, how we feel thinking about is a million miles away from what they've gone through. I feel so fortunate, and so very, very sorry for those who have experienced any of this.

Laskar ago

I know what you mean. That's why people need to hear the survivors speak.