Prague. The Prague Local National Committee headquarters posts posters around the city with several directives: 1) the term “German” will henceforth be written in lowercase letters, in a derogatory sense. 2) (…) Germans will be given swastikas on their arms (…) they will not be allowed to use the tram, the sidewalk, the newspaper, or public parks, and they will observe a curfew (…). All these measures are temporary, until the complete deportation of Germans to Germany. Of course, it’s clear that the Czech authorities, however, only wanted to expel the Germans, not exterminate them. And that’s certainly a stratospheric difference.
