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the numbèr of men able to work decreased, as they
could not find employment in this part of the country
and were drawn to the industrial districts in the
south and west. The British authorities had done
their best to better the situation, but conditions were
still extremely desperate and primitive. The
overcrowding was frightful. I witnessed the effect of
cold and dampness, poor rations and the ravages of
tuberculosis. The people, driven together in these
camps seemed to have given themselves over to total
apathy. They had completely surrendered as if they
had lost all capacity to struggle against their misery.
Utter hopelessness prevailed.
With these gruesome impressions in mind, I
returned to Sweden to celebrate Christmas with my
family in quiet and peace. I cannot deny that the
Christmas joy was subdued when I reflected on what
I had seen, on my experiences in the world which
suffers, on the drastic evidences of misery and need,
on the struggle for life which hundreds of thousands
of people still had to fight.
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