When the history of the twentieth century is written, future generations will not believe the brutal crimes committed in Communist countries like North Korea under the Kim family dynasty. That is why the book Eyes of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman by Soon Ok Lee is so valuable.
What makes Miss Lee’s book so interesting is that she was an official in North Korea’s totalitarian system. However, this status did not prevent her from being falsely accused of a crime she did not commit. She was then imprisoned, brutally tortured and sentenced to a lengthy stay in a filthy prison during Kim Il Sung’s reign of terror.
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Soon Ok Lee was a manager in a government office that distributed goods and materials to the people of North Korea. She actually believed in the Communist regime and, like most North Koreans, believed their leader was a great man. All of that changed the day a van pulled up to her office, where she diligently carried out her responsibilities and whisked her away. She was not even given the chance to say goodbye to family members or tell them of her plight.
The scales fell from her eyes —and will also fall from those of the book’s readers— when she discovered that she was unjustly accused of stealing by a party official. There was nothing even remotely similar to a trial for Miss Soon. The “judge” in her case was also her jury. She did not give him the answers he wanted. Miss Soon was then taken to a remote location, tortured into giving a false confession and sentenced to thirteen years in the Kaechon concentration camp.
Thus began her stay in hell, a concept she repeats often and that the reader quickly discovers is not hyperbole.
During the six years she eventually spent in prison, Miss Soon witnessed everything from forced abortion, infanticide, rape and public executions. The latter were not uncommon and often took place before 6000 dazed prisoners. It was a Communist tactic meant to terrorize inmates into blind submission.
One such execution was of a boy whose mother was forced to watch. Unable to bear the sight of her son’s execution, the distraught woman cried hysterically before she plucked her eyeballs out of their sockets. The other prisoners looked on with horror as her eyes dangled from their tendons.
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In the middle of her nightmarish existence in the prison, Miss Soon found consolation among a unique group of people who endured harsher treatment. They were Christians, and their belief in God infuriated the guards. Her association with them makes Tailless Animals (prisoners treated like animals with no tails) a valuable read.
One sees that Communism is not just a political system based on a demented economic theory. It is a materialist, atheistic sect that wants world domination and the abolition of all religion. It is anti-God!
Thus, the sadistic guards not only took offense with the mere mention of God but also the belief in heaven. This hatred becomes painfully clear when the book describes the abuses Christians endured.
They were given the most dangerous work assignments, which often ended with injury or death. In particular, one punishment shows the horrific face of godless Communism. By order of Kim Il Sung, Christians were never allowed to lift their heads up and look at the sky. After they entered the black iron gates of this hell on earth, they were only permitted to see the dirt.
In the face of these punishments, the Christians never gave in and, more importantly, never stopped believing in God and a heavenly reward once they were released from hell on earth.
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Tailless Animals is a fast-moving, gripping chronicle. It is an important read because it clearly shows the savagery of the Communist North Korean regime under Kim Il Sung (1948-1994). Although her tragedy ended in 1992, the suffering continues to this day.
The book is a valuable testimony to human endurance in the face of seemingly unendurable pain and suffering.
Lastly, it is a moving story that cannot help but inspire. These Christians endured hell on earth, and although they were never granted the privilege of seeing the blue sky, they continued to believe in heaven.
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