\u201cTogether we made plans, transforming the earth into a peaceful garden. Marcel would install lights to turn night into daylight, illuminating my parks and water fountains. I asked him to invent a special system to keep the cows clean, a sort of hallway with warm showers, automatic brushes, and hot air to keep the cows from catching a cold. We both pictured a wonderful future despite the fact that the present looked so uncertain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marcel bought Simone a poetry book, which she called her \u201cgolden book.\u201d At that time the term \u201cgolden book\u201d was used in Europe for a book that collected cherished comments from friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Less than two years after Adolphe\u2019s arrest, Marcel received his draft notice and came to tell Simone and Emma goodbye. Determined to live up to God\u2019s law of love, \u201cYou must not murder,\u201d he was ready to give his own life rather than kill his fellow man. Upon taking his leave, he promised young Simone: \u201cDon\u2019t worry, one day I\u2019ll install your cow shower.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marcel was subsequently arrested and imprisoned for refusal to join the German army. He was beheaded as a conscientious objector on November 5, 1943 in the Roter Ochse fortress in Halle at the age of 24 years old. The Roter Ochse fortress now has a permanent exhibition in memory of all those who were executed there. Marcel Sutter\u2019s name is on the list of victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n >> more information about Roter Ochse Memorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo added at a later date because the original was lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simone closes her memoir with the words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHow true is Marcel\u2019s inscription in my golden book: \u201cHope is the greatest treasure. If a man has lost everything, he still possesses hope!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/alst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/poetry-book-cover.jpg\")
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