Letter to Anka
19 August 1943
Today, dear Anka, is the anniversary of your Golgotha, tomorrow the anniversary of your death. A year has passed since I last saw you. You see, Anka, I do not believe in God and never will, but there is one thing in which I want to and have to believe: the immortality of the soul. Because I can’t imagine that there’s nothing left of…
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