By order of the Reich's Komman atu, the' whole' ly was blogged yesterday ie people _remaines Gesolate and dumbfounded over the result of the last few days' swift events.
The War Memorial was thickly covered with Howers and all passers by uncovered their heads when they walked past the monument. Women wept.
All house-owners were obliged to hoist at least one Czech fag on their Duildings, in front of which German mechanized units rumbled on patrol while aeroplanes zoomed at a low altitude overhead, 'The Presidential flag, New side by side' with Fuehrer Adolf Iiter's tax over "Hradsehin Castle today and German sentries were on guard at the entrances to the building, Over the radio came an announcement that commissaries had already been posted in all Jewish shops.
Placards have been pasted up, ordering all tradesmen 10. indicate the prices of all their foodstuis, especially eggs, butter and other farm Products, Buyers were allowed to Weigh their purchases themselves. All contraventions of these latest de-forees are punishable by lines of 5,000 jerowns or terms of three months in Germany's first concession to the Czech's obstructionism consisted of a decision not to enforce today the act for right hand driving as was intended. The order was postponed for the time being.
Persons who last night left the city an effort to get across the border Were turned back at Pilsen, There were frontier riots between those who attempted 10 flee, During the afternoon Storm Troops appeared at the Czech National Bank and took away sixteen lorry loads of Zold, according to eye-witnesses.
Hundreds "of foreigners ided in Bohemia when the Nazi secret police cut avenues of escape for Cecch political refugees who were arrested in large numbers. The an-forcement of German anti-Semitis laws lod to'many Jews taking their own lives.
Nazi officials said they were "male-city-wide searches for Communist arms caches" in private houses, Many Jews offered any price for passport: without realizing that the passports tare worthless unless approved by the Gestapo, the secret poliee—United Press.
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