▁Indeed , ▁René ▁Char ▁had ▁stated ▁during ▁this ▁period : ▁" If ▁I ▁surv ive , ▁I ▁know ▁that ▁I ▁have ▁to ▁break ▁with ▁the ▁a rom a ▁of ▁these ▁essential ▁years , ▁sil ently ▁reject ▁my ▁tre asure ." ▁This ▁tre asure ▁is ▁the ▁experience ▁of ▁freedom ▁all ▁intellect uals ▁made ▁during ▁this ▁unique ▁period , ▁when ▁they ▁left ▁their ▁traditional ▁occupation , ▁that ▁is ▁a ▁life ▁focused ▁on ▁their ▁personal ▁affairs ▁and ▁the ▁quest ▁of ▁themselves . ▁With ▁the ▁Res istance , ▁these ▁men ▁had ▁at ▁last ▁found ▁themselves , ▁they ▁had ▁discovered ▁what ▁is ▁freedom . ▁But ▁with ▁the ▁Liber ation , ▁they ▁had ▁lost ▁their ▁tre asure , ▁in ▁other ▁words ▁they ▁had ▁either ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁their ▁past ▁occup ations ▁or ▁to ▁be ▁involved ▁again ▁in ▁public ▁life ▁but ▁def ending ▁ide ologies ▁and ▁eng aging ▁themselves ▁into ▁end less ▁po lem ics , ▁which ▁had ▁nothing ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁Res istance ▁movement . ▁ ▁The ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Res istance ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁several ▁historical ▁experiences ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁tre asure ▁appears ▁and ▁then ▁disapp ears . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁case ▁with ▁the ▁Revolution s ▁of ▁ 1 7 7 6 ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁ 1 7 8 9 ▁in ▁France ▁or ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁in ▁Budapest . ▁Although ▁this ▁tre asure ▁has ▁no ▁name , ▁it ▁was ▁called ▁public ▁happiness ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century . ▁Any ▁time ▁this ▁tre asure ▁appeared