Ravensbruck Prayer

The following prayer was found at the Ravensbruck death camp where 92000 women and children died. It was scrawled on a piece of paper near a dead child.

                Lord, remember not only the men and women of good will but also those of ill will. But do not only remember the suffering they have inflicted upon us; remember the fruits we have brought, thanks to this suffering—our comradeship, our loyalty, our humility, the courage, the generosity, the greatness of heart which has grown out of all this, and when they come to judgment, let all the fruit we have borne be their forgiveness.