European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

Battles against nazis, discussions about violence

First, we debated with the young people.

But we were forced to debate with the adults, as well.

Not only the youth was discussing fascism.

We knew exactly how to distinguish between the Italian fascism, the black fascism in Austria

and the brown fascism in Germany.

There was a difference – you had to know it.

But we were also forced into conflict by that,

because there were ‘saloon battles’ going on right from the beginning.

The Nazis for example tried to attack the events of the anti-fascists

and the anti-fascists tried to make the Nazis’ events impossible, as well.

Of course there were rows

and because I was quite strong, I went to anti-fascist’s events when I was fifteen, against my parent’s will.

When the Nazis had stormed or tried to storm,

you had to defend yourself, of course. We did that.

There always were oral disputes before the rows took place.

But as it went to that time there were different tendencies between us.

My father belonged to the tendency, who said

that the Nazis could not be beaten by their own weapons.

We were not supposed to take over the violence of the Nazis, but focus on enlightenment.