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Liberation
The first day of liberation is a great river. You see in the streets and the squares
of Athens a swelling sea of people that grows bigger and bigger, wider
and wider, filling the city with the roar of a force that wants to
break out, to be relieved of the rage that has tortured it so much,
to dominate everywhere meeting no obstacles. And this huge crowd is
not only one people. You can see it from afar and you don't need to
ask to know it or to understand. Innumerable flags, a dense forest
of them, and slogans printed on huge banners of paper or cloth tell
you that behind the enthusiasm lie the beliefs and claims that men
repeat now in the freedom which they have gained together, while it
is evident that they disagreed regarding its administration...
(P. Charis, Imeres Orgis (Dekemvris 1944), Athens, Estia, 1992, pp. 11-12)
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