European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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In 1942 they resettled five families from Ludmannsdorf.
In 1942 they resettled five families from Ludmannsdorf.
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We were on the list, as well.
We were on the list, as well.
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Allegedly 16 Families of the parish were to be resettled.
Allegedly 16 Families of the parish were to be resettled.
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They stopped it then.
They stopped it then.
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We heard that there were so many that they didn’t know where to send them.
We heard that there were so many that they didn’t know where to send them.
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They stopped it then.
They stopped it then.
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End of the war: Alone and Stranded
End of the war: Alone and Stranded
End of the war - alone and stranded -
The day that Ljubljana was liberated, WWII was ending.
The day that Ljubljana was liberated, WWII was ending.
So on the very day that Ljubljana was liberated, to the same time being the end of WWII, -
on 9th May 1945 we returned to Ljubljana.
on 9th May 1945 we returned to Ljubljana.
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That was the most wonderful day of my life. It still is.
That was the most wonderful day of my life. It still is.
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There were many things I didn’t know. We were riding in a small truck.
There were many things I didn’t know. We were riding in a small truck.
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I didn’t know that we passed the killing grounds where my good friend Neda Grzinic lay buried.
I didn’t know that we passed the killing grounds where my good friend Neda Grzinic lay buried.
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I didn’t know that we passed the fire station in Lavrica where my father was buried in February 1944.
I didn’t know that we passed the fire station in Lavrica where my father was buried in February 1944.
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I knew nothing of these horrible facts. I didn’t know my husband was on his deathbed.
I knew nothing of these horrible facts. I didn’t know my husband was on his deathbed.
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So, I was immensely happy.
So, I was immensely happy.
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With time I came to learn all of this and had to find some way to survive.
With time I came to learn all of this and had to find some way to survive.
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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.