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That varied enormously. It depended on such things as how thin, exhausted and how ill the prisoner was when liberated. Also, some individuals responded more quickly than other to treatment. It also depended on the expertise of those treating them. For example, some of the Allied doctors and nurses invovled had previous first hand experience of famine relief, but most did not. Restoring physical health (if it was possible) took weeks or months. Overcoming the psychological effects was often much more difficult. After all, the liberated prisoners had had to live through a prolonged attack on their core identity.

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