Praise

“Now more than ever, the world needs to be told about the extent to which men, women and children are being subjected to torture.  Thomas Larsen’s book about Inge Genefke’s Meeting with Evil and her 30-year fight against it bears that witness”

            —Tim Robbins, Star of The Secret Life of Words

  “Fifty years ago, the Nobel Laureate Albert Camus said, ‘For every man tortured, ten terrorists are born.’  Inge Genefke and the organizations she founded are working to help the victims and stop the torture.  What better way to wage the war on terrorism?”

            —Julie Christie, Actress. Played Inge Genefke in The Secret Life of Words

  “It is almost impossible to imagine the loneliness of torture victims – alone and at the mercy of a merciless tormentor determined to destroy their humanity.  Who, more than they, needs someone to speak out on their behalf and to fight for them?  Inge Genfke is such a person, and those working for the organizations she founded undertake this vital humanitarian work every day.”

             —Sarah Polley, Star of The Secret Life of Words 

“The effort to heal the minds and bodies of the men, woman and children who have been subjected to torture and the struggle to promote awareness that torture is practiced increasingly throughout the world and to fight against it are vital to the survival of civilization.  Inge Genefke, through her efforts and through the organizations she founded, has dedicated her life to that effort and to that struggle.”

               —Isabel Coixet, Film Director, The Secret Life of Words 

About Inge Genefke