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"When it fell, it made such a bang, that we thought, that as they were shelling the castle, that it might all fall down. In front of the entrance to the castle on the left side stood a pear tree. When we then climbed out, we saw, that it was totally destroyed, and then we saw the tower's copula. They had to shoot it down from the side from Skotnice, because it fell on the left side. The copula lay there. We heard, that something was happening, that something was falling down. It was a very big impact."

"I remember, that it was an ordinary day and I was at the shop in Stará Ves. Back then, when they bombarded there, Novobilský was the manager and had two shopkeepers. I was his third apprentice. And I will add, that ages ago, during the First Republic, but also during the Protectorate, flour was weighed. It was weighed and sold There were the flour silos for rye flour, wheat flour, and so on. We had a big flour silo. I do not know, what day it was, when they were flying [Americans] and let go of their bombs. It fell in Stará Ves. I was at the shop with a shopkeeper, the neighbour Dana. When the booming started, then the glass windows began to shake. It was at the top end of Star Ves. Today my son lives near there. And they started throwing the bombs. The tremors were so big, that I jumped with Dana into the flour silo and covered ourselves. We did not know, if the glass would begin to fall, or what would happen."