He did not know exactly in what that suffering had consisted, but surmised that the first moments of the invasion had been cruel ones for him.
"But what else can you expect ?" he repeated several times.

"That is war." At the same time he approved of his having remained on his property.
They had special orders to seize the goods of the fugitives.

Germany wished the inhabitants to remain in their dwellings as though nothing extraordinary had occurred.

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