Trafika Europe 6 - Arabesque

AURICULA the silence of 1915 Translated by Kerri Pierce

The silence of 1915 occurred on September 7 and encompassedWestern Europe and the countries from the Baltic north to the Balkan south. The event was unexpected, so there are no actual records. Many people did not even notice, it was so short-lived and random, even though they had participated in it. There was neither time for, nor questionof, resistance. Silence happened, catching Europe between two breaths and with one leg suspended, so to speak, after which everyone and everything continued on as if nothing had happened. After all, how was anyone to know that the si lence they had just

unwittingly experienced had encompassed all of Europe? Naturally, it could have been a subject of conversation directly afterward, but the few witnesses were so unduly scattered – most of them living in out of the way places where silence was already their trusted companion – that the topic was quickly changed. The news media, which aside from participating in the silence also received i nc redu l ous i nqu i r i es , immediately realized that the event would be impossible to verify and could lead who knows where, and so they hushed it up. Anyone seeking enlightenment on the subject now, after so many years, will

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