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‘Turning to the women, he told them, "You're tough and beautiful."
All the men agreed. "Very brave," one said.
"And so beautiful," the young blue-eyed soldier said to Mena.
"They're telling us we are beautiful," Hélène said with a smile.
"And strong," Lon added.
The women were happy to hear this. Even after everything they had been subjected to, they still hoped to be admired as women’

“It seems counterintuitive, but the recitation of recipes and the making of small recipe books appears to be a nearly universal reaction among the starving. Being hungry was said to be more painful than being beaten. Not only was it physically painful, it was psychologically harrowing. Hunger could reduce people to animals. Fights erupted over the soup distribution.”