“When the column turned and saw the ditch, a general outcry resounded, from women and men alike. No yelling, no insult, no beating or kicking could stop it. The deep cries of the men and the sharp, strident cries of the women mingled with the tears of children who wanted to be held. The screaming would die down briefly only to start up again even louder. It lasted for one hundred to two hundred meters, until they arrived at the site of the ditch.”
