The New Freedom

We could not grasp the fact that freedom was ours. Its reality did not penetrate into our consciousness. We had literally lost the ability to feel pleased and had to relearn it slowly. Psychologically, what was happening to the liberated prisoners could be called to personalization. Everything appeared unreal, unlikely, as in a dream. The body has fewer inhibitions than the mind. It made good use of the new freedom. From the first moment on, it began to eat ravenously for hours and days, even half the night. And when one of the prisoners was invited out by a friendly farmer in the neighbourhood, he ate and et, and then drank coffee, which loosened his tongue.