On: PoW gets his life back after 55 years (2000)

[kgeist]

The article also says the Hungarian side later confirmed he did have a mental illness but it's RenTV which is not a very trustable source so one should take it with a grain of salt.

[Filligree → kgeist]

After fifty years locked up, of course he had a mental illness. It's amazing he was still sapient.

[stavros → kgeist]

Unfortunately, I think it's likely that many of us would have mental problems if we went fifty years without talking to another human.