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That is how it worked for many.

With that we were freed.

At home they were still living in fear.

Again and again there were reports: something else happened.

There they kidnapped one or killed one or…

Well, to us, thank God, that did not happen.

Wish to join partisans, being arrested

I planned to join the partisans myself, if they hadn’t arrested me.

I had already got two pairs of trousers made and a windbreaker.

I wanted to go to the unit.

But unfortunately it turned out differently.

I was confident: I would join the resistance, even the armed resistance – yes.

But it did not happen, because we were arrested.

You were still proud of contributing so much.

At least something.

They said anyway, back then in Ludmannsdorf:

“Lock these pests up, then we will have peace in Ludmannsdorf.”

These brats – like me – they were supposed to be locked away to have peace in Ludmannsdorf.

Many thought something, or guessed something, but nobody exactly knew about the Nazis.

As soon as the partisans came into the village and carried out an action,