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"Holy Father we send the souls of these thousands of men, women, and children, to your loving care. We ask also that you help the forces arrayed against those that committed this heinous act, and that all the suffering he has reaped upon the human race be dealt back a thousand times in the fires of eternal torment where I vow he will be sent. Oh our god we ask that you welcome all these over one hundred thousand souls into heaven with love and compassion, such as was lacking from their final moments on the mortal earth...

Prayer uttered by General Lord Chapyekov of the Alyskan fourteenth army on the 24th of April 1944 after seeing first hand the German mass burial of the starved inhabitants of Lviv, which had been occupied by the German army since 1941. Chapyekov would not finish his prayer, being moved to tears as the bodies were given proper burials. The prayer had a profound impact on the Soviet generals witnessing it, and paved the way for the close cooperation that the kingdom of Alyskan and Soviet Union would enjoy by the end of the war as it showed the kingdoms committment to winning the war, and killing those who could commit atrocities such as these. The fourteenth army would also be present for the liberation of eastern Poland, and as such be among the first to uncover the true horror that was the Holocaust.