European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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that one afternoon my friend Neda Grzinic finally came to see me.
that one afternoon my friend Neda Grzinic finally came to see me.
that one afternoon my friend Neda Grzinic came to see me. -
She told me that a LF courier would bring me a fake passport that evening
She told me that a LF courier would bring me a fake passport that evening
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and I’d be leaving to join the partisans in the morning.
and I’d be leaving to join the partisans in the morning.
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A Bicycle Becomes a Tricycle
A Bicycle Becomes a Tricycle
A bicycle becomes tricycle -
It felt truly horrible to me that Ljubljana was surrounded by barbed wire,
It felt truly horrible to me that Ljubljana was surrounded by barbed wire,
It felt truly horrible to me that Ljubljana was enclosed with a barbed wire, -
because I’m incredibly attached to nature.
because I’m incredibly attached to nature.
because I’m extremely attached to nature. -
Especially now that I understand who I am as a painter.
Especially now that I understand who I am as a painter.
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Above all I’m a landscape painter, because it’s my world.
Above all I’m a landscape painter, because it’s my world.
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Before the war, I’d cycle out of Ljubljana to find some motif to draw and paint.
Before the war, I’d cycle out of Ljubljana to find some motif to draw and paint.
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All of a sudden I wasn’t allowed to leave Ljubljana.
All of a sudden I wasn’t allowed to leave Ljubljana.
All of a sudden I wasn’t permitted to leave Ljubljana. -
At first we received a sort of ‘lascia passare’,
At first we received a sort of ‘lascia passare’,
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some sort of legitimation paper, if you weren’t disliked by the occupying police.
some sort of legitimation paper, if you weren’t disliked by the occupying police.
some sort of legitimation paper, if you weren’t poorly thought of by the occupying police. -
Later they abolished it.
Later they abolished it.
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So as long as I still had the lascia passare, I’d cycle to the outskirts of Ljubljana.
So as long as I still had the lascia passare, I’d cycle to the outskirts of Ljubljana.
So as long as I still had the lascia passare, I’d still cycle to the outskirts of Ljubljana. -
Then they prohibited bicycles and I couldn’t go anywhere anymore.
Then they prohibited bicycles and I couldn’t go anywhere anymore.
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To find a way back out into nature, I turned my ‘bicycle’ into a ‘tricycle’.
To find a way back out into nature, I turned my ‘bicycle’ into a ‘tricycle’.
To find a way back out into the nature, I turned my ‘bicycle’ into a ‘tricycle’. -
I took a wheel from my sister’s bicycle and had a colleague attach it to my bicycle.
I took a wheel from my sister’s bicycle and had a colleague attach it to my bicycle.
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So I could go out again on my tricycle. I rode to the Ljubljana marsh and such.
So I could go out again on my tricycle. I rode to the Ljubljana marsh and such.
So I could go out again on my tricycle. I rode to the Ljubljana Marsh and such like. -
On the way back to the city, the guards stopped me
On the way back to the city, the guards stopped me
Returning to the city, the guards stopped me -
and inspected me and discovered that all I had were flowers and let me pass on through.
and inspected me and discovered that all I had were flowers and let me pass on through.