;. The others gathered their few belongings and filed dutifully into the corridors. But Richard did not stir. The whole cell was being divided into class groups. When asked by a guard of what he was he said “pastor”. So then he was placed in a cell with shepherds. With this he escaped segregation for a few weeks. As the prison was sectioned off into classes, a series of lectures began. They seemed absurd. A young officer would explain that an eclipse of the sun was about to occur, but there was no cause for alarm. This man explained the workings of a solar eclipse to a yawning audience. These lasted for hours. A A loudspeaker on the wall kept saying Communism is Good Communism is Good It continued all night. Soon they were conscious of the words. Eventually men who had been converted were asked to teach and lecture in the turn of others. In 1963 he was very ill again. He was moved to a hospital cell again. He was there one week when everyone was order up. They stood while an hour long play was done. Towards the end of part eight he listens to the sound of Christianity is Dead Christianity is Deadon the loud speaker.Part IXIn June of 1964 all prisoners were gathered in the main hall. The commandment entered with his officers, and they prepared for a new stage in the struggle. Major Alexandrescu announced that under the agreements of terms of the amnesty granted by the government, political prisoners of every category were to be freed. Richard could not believe it. Looking around he saw a blank look on everyone’s face.The summer of that first year saw thousands of prisoners released. He seen his turn for release came. He was of the last groups of a hundred or so gathered in the halls, the last prisoners of Gherla. He walked out of prison in another man’s clothes. Cars roared past and he started his journey home. His wife fainted as he called home to a neighbors house. He took a train to Bucharest, when as the tr...
