Carta para Erika (original)

"Lieber, Erika. I know you must be scared, disappointed in your brother for letting this happen to you."

"I understand, I'm sorry for all the pain you feel, the moment your brother saw you being taken away, I couldn't hold myself back and I had to write to you. They have blocked any contact I have tried to make with you, sister."

"Even so, I still imagine how alone you feel in this cold place, far from home and so far from me. I feel this cold hell inside me since they took you away, but I ask, with all my heart, may you, my beloved sister, erika, keep smiling."

"For, even if you don't see me, I will be here in our home, waiting for the day when we can see each other again, in our sunny and happy land, which is now so cold without your presence."

"Because, for you Erika, I promise that I will wait, every day, strongly."

"So keep smiling, no matter how difficult it is, don't let these moments take away your happiness and innocence, don't stop being who you really are, never for a second. One day, I don't know when, but I'm sure I'll see you again in Switzerland, next to me on a warm summer day, so please, until then, wait smiling."