Word: jirasek
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...group of anti-Communist students began marching to Hradcany Castle, Benes' residence. Running a gauntlet of police who belabored them with rifle butts, they managed to get across Jirasek Bridge (though their ranks were thinned). Police with Tommy guns emerged from the shadows of the massive castle walls. An officer ordered the students to step back ten paces; the students fell back. "Twenty paces!" cried the officer. This time the students did not budge. They started singing the Czech national anthem...
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