European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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So I became an informer. I would travel alone to Trieste with forged documents.
So I became an informer. I would travel alone to Trieste with forged documents.
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It was highly risky, but I felt that my life was at my own disposal.
It was highly risky, but I felt that my life was at my own disposal.
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Later I was with the miners. That was just a small unit, maybe there were 13 or 15 of us. It was easy to command.
Later I was with the miners. That was just a small unit, maybe there were 13 or 15 of us. It was easy to command.
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One year I worked in the educational system
One year I worked in the educational system
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organizing the school system and appointing teachers who didn’t even exist.
organizing the school system and appointing teachers who didn’t even exist.
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I was alone in appointing these teachers and without Slovenian schools.
I was alone in appointing these teachers and without Slovenian schools.
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I decided to call a meeting for all the women who stayed home alone so I could present them with a dictation of a text.
I decided to call a meeting for all the women who stayed home alone so I could present them with a dictation of a text.
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I had some knowledge of the Slovene language I reviewed the results
I had some knowledge of the Slovene language I reviewed the results
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and decided that the one who made the fewest mistakes would be the teacher.
and decided that the one who made the fewest mistakes would be the teacher.
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The children needed someone to present them with at least the basics of the language and a little math and reading.
The children needed someone to present them with at least the basics of the language and a little math and reading.
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They couldn’t just go through the war without any schooling … The official schooling system had disintegrated.
They couldn’t just go through the war without any schooling … The official schooling system had disintegrated.
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So it was necessary to establish a Slovenian school.
So it was necessary to establish a Slovenian school.
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Things were easiest for me while I worked in the schooling system.
Things were easiest for me while I worked in the schooling system.
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Although for a long time I felt like an informer.
Although for a long time I felt like an informer.
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Being 18, I strained to be a great informer, like all those characters I’d read about, Sherlock Holmes for instance,
Being 18, I strained to be a great informer, like all those characters I’d read about, Sherlock Holmes for instance,
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and I dreamed of all the miracles I would do. I did do a few bold things, even stupid, but at least they worked.
and I dreamed of all the miracles I would do. I did do a few bold things, even stupid, but at least they worked.
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For instance, if I could, I slept in a bed. I’d arrive in a village and they would offer me a bed. I would risk it.
For instance, if I could, I slept in a bed. I’d arrive in a village and they would offer me a bed. I would risk it.
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The Germans would come at night and that was a problem: how and where to hide.
The Germans would come at night and that was a problem: how and where to hide.
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I always had a mini-bunker somewhere to hide in. I acted completely against all rules, rather according to my instincts.
I always had a mini-bunker somewhere to hide in. I acted completely against all rules, rather according to my instincts.
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Once I was in my home village and Germans came suddenly at night.
Once I was in my home village and Germans came suddenly at night.