You know nothing of these matters, and it would take me all day to describe everything down to the last detail.
People have to stand in line to buy vegetables and all kinds of goods; doctors can't visit their patients,
since their cars and bikes are stolen the moment they turn their backs; burglaries and thefts are so common.
Little children smash the windows of people's homes and steal whatever they can lay their hands on.
People don't dare leave the house for even five minutes, since they're liable to come back and find all their belongings gone.
Every day the newspapers are filled with reward notices for the return of stolen typewriters, Persian rugs, electric clocks, and fabrics.
The electric clocks on street corners are dismantled, public phones are stripped down to the last wire.
Morale among the Dutch can't be good. Everyone's hungry; except for the ersatz coffee, a week's food ration doesn't last two days.
The invasion's long in coming, the men are being shipped off to Germany, and the children are sick or undernourished.
Everyone's wearing worn-out clothes and run-down shoes. A new sole costs 7.50 guilders on the black market.
Besides, few shoemakers will do repairs, or if they do, you have to wait four months for your shoes,
which might very well have disappeared in the meantime. One good thing has come out of this:
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