European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Vito came to the Technical Center after me.
Vito came to the Technical Center after me.
Vito came to the Central Technique after me. -
Before, though, he'd spent a long time in an Italian internment camp.
Before, though, he'd spent a long time in an Italian internment camp.
Before though, he spent a long time in an Italian internment camp. -
Due to the long, harsh conditions there, he suffered from a very bad case of articular rheumatism.
Due to the long, harsh conditions there, he suffered from a very bad case of articular rheumatism.
Due to the long and harsh conditions, he suffered from a very bad case of articular rheumatism. -
He didn’t go home when Italy surrendered, because it would have still been too dangerous.
He didn’t go home when Italy surrendered, because it would have still been too dangerous.
He didn’t go home when Italy capitulated, because that would still have been too dangerous. -
Instead, he went straight to the partisans, and in the dead of winter,
Instead, he went straight to the partisans, and in the dead of winter,
Rather, he went straight to the partisans and in the dead of winter, -
he joined the march of the Ljubljana brigade and the 18th Division to Gorski Kotar.
he joined the march of the Ljubljana brigade and the 18th Division to Gorski Kotar.
joined the march of the Ljubljana brigade and the 18th division to Gorski Kotar. -
It was a terribly cold winter and his rheumatism got worse.
It was a terribly cold winter and his rheumatism got worse.
It was a terribly cold winter and his rheumatism went worse. -
There were no antibiotics at the time or any such medicine.
There were no antibiotics at the time or any such medicine.
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He slept with high fevers, laying on branches in the snow.
He slept with high fevers, laying on branches in the snow.
He slept with high temperature directly upon some branches lying on the snow. -
His fever from the infection affected his cardiac valves.
His fever from the infection affected his cardiac valves.
His high temperature from the infection then affected his cardiac valves. -
None of us, including him, was aware he was deadly ill when he came to the Technical Center.
None of us, including him, was aware he was deadly ill when he came to the Technical Center.
Although he and we were unaware, he was dead sick when he came to the Central Technique. -
When we withdrew from Bela krajina, he was suffering from angina infection.
When we withdrew from Bela krajina, he was suffering from angina infection.
When we withdrew from Bela krajina, he was suffering from anginal infections. -
Once we had withdrawn from Bela krajina and gone to Gorski Kotar,
Once we had withdrawn from Bela krajina and gone to Gorski Kotar,
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(the entire active militia was heading towards Trieste), we, the reserve units, followed along behind.
(the entire active militia was heading towards Trieste), we, the reserve units, followed along behind.
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He had his first heart attack in Gorski Kotar, but recovered from that.
He had his first heart attack in Gorski Kotar, but recovered from that.
He had his first heart attack in the Gorski Kotar, but recovered from that. -
We then got to Ljubljana with the impression the war was ending; the end of sicknesses, the end of all bad things.
We then got to Ljubljana with the impression the war was ending; the end of sicknesses, the end of all bad things.
We then arrived to Ljubljana believing the war to be coming to its end, and the end of sicknesses, the end of all things bad. -
It was only a year and three months later that he died of a cardiac valve infection, a death sentence at that time.
It was only a year and three months later that he died of a cardiac valve infection, a death sentence at that time.
It was only a year and three months later that he died because of a cardiac valve infection, being a death sentence to that time. -
Cultural work among the partisans
Cultural work among the partisans
Cultural work at the partisans -
There were many, many cultural workers with the partisans.
There were many, many cultural workers with the partisans.
There were very many cultural workers with the partisans. -
And my humble self was among them.
And my humble self was among them.