European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Slovene poet, writer, translator and essayist, and many-a-thing regarding my age.
Slovene poet, writer, translator and essayist, and many-a-thing regarding my age.
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Most of all, it was the Partisan movement during my youth that affected the rest of my life.
Most of all, it was the Partisan movement during my youth that affected the rest of my life.
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I joined as a fighter and a coordinator, actively at hand in the Resistance movement for whatever purpose in my field of activity.
I joined as a fighter and a coordinator, actively at hand in the Resistance movement for whatever purpose in my field of activity.
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This time played a fundamental role in the formation of my personality.
This time played a fundamental role in the formation of my personality.
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I had no dilemmas when I was faced with the choice of joining the armed resistance against fascism.
I had no dilemmas when I was faced with the choice of joining the armed resistance against fascism.
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Contrary to many in central Slovenia, there was no doubt in my mind whether to join or not.
Contrary to many in central Slovenia, there was no doubt in my mind whether to join or not.
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Although personally, I of course had many doubts.
Although personally, I of course had many doubts.
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I had gone to study prior to WWII.
I had gone to study prior to WWII.
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It was my great ambition to get an education because I sensed within myself, already early, the inclination to write.
It was my great ambition to get an education because I sensed within myself, already early, the inclination to write.
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I even wrote a few awkward verses.
I even wrote a few awkward verses.
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I was aware that I could truly become a poet, in the correct sense of the word, with the appropriate education.
I was aware that I could truly become a poet, in the correct sense of the word, with the appropriate education.
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Anppia
Anppia
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ANPPIA is an association set up in 1948
ANPPIA is an association set up in 1948
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in Reggio Emilia which still holds documents concerning more than two thousand antifascists.
in Reggio Emilia which still holds documents concerning more than two thousand antifascists.
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It’s a mission we’re really proud to carry out.
It’s a mission we’re really proud to carry out.
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ANNPIA is the National Association of Persecuted Italian Political Antifascists,
ANNPIA is the National Association of Persecuted Italian Political Antifascists,
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and, whenever we can, we work to tell everyone about our stories.
and, whenever we can, we work to tell everyone about our stories.
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The tough return home
The tough return home
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I came home by train.
I came home by train.
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We left one morning and arrived at Lake Constance, in Switzerland.
We left one morning and arrived at Lake Constance, in Switzerland.