Věra Vrbová, roz. Fischerová

„My dad took me to café Fénix located in the upper part of Wencelas Square. German soldiers sat there in those green uniforms of theirs, stuffing themselves. One had a coffee, a cream and two cakes. It was all placed in front of them; me and my dad facing them. All of a sudden, one of them said: ‚We must leave, I can’t stand seeing this!‘“

„Don’t forget, one came back to find that he had been robbed by the Czech people. I had a couple things hidden at their place which they never returned. It was an unbelievable disappointment. I would have never thought of that happening. When I came to those people who had my parents‘ table and refrigerator – I knew these things belonged to my family – they denied it right in front of me.“

„We went to the border thinking we were going to defend ourselves. What a disappointment that was! I remember well those guys returning from the frontier – they lamented terribly. But to be honest, I have seen no one who would cry, as they say. These guys were returning from blockhouses and shelters. People say that one officer even shot himself.... he didn’t want to capitulate. It was a horrible disappointment.“

„It is interesting, until then there had been no issues with those Germans – those people knew each other for years and lived there together. But the moment Henlein and his party appeared, they naturally started to realize what poor and afflicted people they were. There were occasional clashes with the police by the border, although not as many here as in the North.“