A

message to the future

has been found in a church in Santiago de Antwerp, in

Belgium

.

The 1941 letter

was hidden in a corner of St. James, in one of the cornerstones of the temple with a devastating message: "We must tell our descendants that we have not enjoyed life."

The letter is signed by

John Janssen, Jul Gyselinkc, Louis Chantrain and Jul Van Hemeldonck

, painters.

The four men reveal the difficulties they are going through because of the

Second World War

, the second great conflict that their generation had to face, and the work they do.

"We have lived through two wars, one in 1914 and one in 1940," they write.

"We're here to work hungry. They squeeze every last penny out of us for a little food."

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The find contains some advice for the new generations.

The message to the future is a way of warning about the evils of war.

"We advise you to get a house and good supplies of rice, coffee, flour, tobacco and grain

. Enjoy life to the fullest, take another wife. To those who are married, go home! Cheers, men," says the letter found in the temple.

The

message was hidden in a matchbox

, in turn embedded

in an ornament that connected the points of the vaults

.

The four workers wrote on the back of two coupons.

The Antwerp authorities have spread the finding on their social networks.

In this way, it is explained that

"in 1941, the roof of the church was painted with the help of a 26-meter high rolling scaffold

, as was customary for servicing city buildings. paint we will no longer be here. "

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