They are afraid. They would, today, keep secret a thousand things that, yesterday, they would have told one another freely. Freedom. Where is it now? We are driving it into limbo–their kind. To limbo.

Philip Wylie
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When "they" refers to all of the people who have been subject to the Nazis, we can assume that they were under Nazi rule and were afraid to speak out and express themselves for fear of reprisals. Once the Nazis were defeated, however, those people should have been freed from their fear and should not have stayed silent about their experiences. Instead, many chose to remain silent about their experiences because it was easier than telling the truth.

Source: The Answer: A Fable For Our Times

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