TE20 Migrant Mosaics

to serve the Fatherland. The people. The coronation of creation. Which is stronger than nature.

Or perhaps it was different. Because one cannot imagine the kind of fights that resulted between us children of the two residential blocks. The Army was in the service of the Fatherland. And the security forces in the service of the Party. And the Party in the service of the ideology.

Or.

Humans were indeed stronger than nature. Indestructible. And were supposed to outlive everything.

La valeur n’attend pas le nobre des anneés. That virtue does not depend on age, We children from the PCR-Block all knew. We were aware of our duties. You are the new guard, they used to tell us. You carry a great responsibility. We had a great opportunity. We had every opportunity. Even to have clean files. To erase the dark stains in our parents’ past. We, the generation of a New Era. I can still remember Father’s eyes lighting up whenever he spoke about our opportunities. Almost with envy. Envy and admiration. And a lot of rigor. One had to earn this opportunity. Nothing is free, everything comes with sweat. With sweat and sacrifice. Time and time again one has to sacrifice something when it is important. And what could be more important than the New Era we would build. The foundation of which our parents were laying down. No sacrificewas great enough to fulfill this great duty. How 239