European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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I was terribly poor and everything of my mother’s had burned down, the entire apartment.
I was terribly poor and everything of my mother’s had burned down, the entire apartment.
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She barely saved herself from the burning building.
She barely saved herself from the burning building.
She barely saved her life from the burning building. -
It was the first night that she was staying in the apartment she got from the housing administration.
It was the first night that she was staying in the apartment she got from the housing administration.
It was the first night that she was staying in the apartment that she attained from the housing administration. -
It was near the train station.
It was near the train station.
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One night, or morning really,
One night, or morning really,
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a wagon filled with arms exploded.
a wagon filled with arms exploded.
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My mother was left with nothing from what had been, before,
My mother was left with nothing from what had been, before,
My mother was left with nothing of what had before been -
the quite comfortable lifestyle of an intellectual Ljubljana family.
the quite comfortable lifestyle of an intellectual Ljubljana family.
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I also had nothing. When my husband and I were demobilized, there was nothing left.
I also had nothing. When my husband and I were demobilized, there was nothing left.
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We were used to living modestly already during the war. But this wasn’t the main problem.
We were used to living modestly already during the war. But this wasn’t the main problem.
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The main problem was that my father was gone, my husband was gone, and many of my friends were gone.
The main problem was that my father was gone, my husband was gone, and many of my friends were gone.
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One had to survive. So I’ve gotten by for most of my life.
One had to survive. So I’ve gotten by for most of my life.
One had to survive. So I’ve survived for most of my life. -
I’ve supported myself as an art teacher, initially in high schools and then, following the reorganization of the schooling system, in elementary schools.
I’ve supported myself as an art teacher, initially in high schools and then, following the reorganization of the schooling system, in elementary schools.
I’ve supported myself as a professor of art, initially at high schools and then, following the reorganization of the schooling system, in elementary schools. -
Up to my retirement in 1969, when I finally found my true calling.
Up to my retirement in 1969, when I finally found my true calling.
All up to my retirement in 1969, when I finally found my true calling. -
Partisan Vito, Alenka's husband
Partisan Vito, Alenka's husband
Partisan Vito, Alenkas husband -
Later on, Vito, a partisan not yet 26 years old, came to the Technical Center.
Later on, Vito, a partisan not yet 26 years old, came to the Technical Center.
Later, Vito, a partisan not yet 26 years old, came to the Central Technique. -
Vito was an extremely talented painter, despite not being schooled.
Vito was an extremely talented painter, despite not being schooled.
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He wanted to become a vocational painter after the war.
He wanted to become a vocational painter after the war.
His wish was to become a vocational painter after the war. -
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.