Prague took the new defeat, afier the minor outburst in the main square, with resignation and not like a city with a thousand-year history and which had suffered long and extensive sieges by warring armies.
At first there were signs of panic. Then, throughout the early morning hours prior to the entry of the German troops, a large number of the people hurried to work or just stood round hopelessly. Others rushed to shoe shops, tailors, department stores, tea and coffee shops—anywhere where they could purchase something tangible which might be very necessary later on.
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