Brother Müller recalled: “I was happily surprised by the good organization that had been built up in our absence.”

Into the ‘Fiery Furnace’ Again

On February 4, 1952, in the early morning hours, Brother Müller was again arrested by the State Security. This time he was blindfolded as he was driven to prison. He later wrote: “For the next 14 months, I was not allowed out of my cell of solitary confinement without a blindfold. About every other day, the interrogating officer led me to his office. Here I underwent long interrogations during which they tried to persuade me to admit that I had been involved in espionage and also that I had committed treason. Numerous police reports were written, then destroyed, and new reports were written. The interrogators kept trying new methods in an effort to include in the report at least a subtle innuendo of guilt. I repeatedly refused to sign such reports. Some 16 years later when I was free, an official from the Ministry of Interior told me that I had been on a list of people to be liquidated. On March 27, 1953, I was taken blindfolded to a court hearing at Pankrác. Both of my coworkers and I were put under tremendous psychological pressure. The hearing lasted two days. It was held in absolute secrecy. The seats for the public were occupied solely by interrogators from the Ministry of Interior.”