Did you read the article? It’s very interesting. These people had grain and the bureaucrats searched everywhere for it - including haystacks - and confiscated it. Perhaps they weren’t smart in how they hid their food; I don’t know. So very sad.
“Perhaps they weren’t smart in how they hid their food; I don’t know.”
In a sea of starving people, a well-fed person stands out like a sore thumb.