European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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A few days after I moved, the Gestapo visited my mother,
A few days after I moved, the Gestapo visited my mother,
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she didn’t have her own apartment anymore, and stayed at her sister’s place.
she didn’t have her own apartment anymore, and stayed at her sister’s place.
she didn’t have her own apartment anymore and stayed at her sister’s place. -
They wanted to know where I was. My mother didn’t know.
They wanted to know where I was. My mother didn’t know.
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But she got the message to me that the Gestapo had come looking for me.
But she got the message to me that the Gestapo had come looking for me.
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I passed that message to my superiors in the LF network.
I passed that message to my superiors in the LF network.
I passed that message to my own superiors in the LF network. -
From then onwards I was taken care of.
From then onwards I was taken care of.
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That was how it was done in Ljubljana:
That was how it was done in Ljubljana:
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Every building had a list of all the people staying there. Every so often there would be raids.
Every building had a list of all the people staying there. Every so often there would be raids.
Every building had a listing of all the people staying there. Every so often there would be raids. -
If anyone not on the list was found during these raids,
If anyone not on the list was found during these raids,
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they were taken away; as were those hiding them.
they were taken away; as were those hiding them.
they were taken away; also all those who were hiding them. -
People would take the risk,
People would take the risk,
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they would consciously accept this person into their home and even partly share their food.
they would consciously accept this person into their home and even partly share their food.
they would consciously accept this person into their home and partly also share their food. -
The counterfeit ration coupons – everyone had ration coupons –
The counterfeit ration coupons – everyone had ration coupons –
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made for the illegal would always come with great delay,
made for the illegal would always come with great delay,
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often when you weren’t allowed to be there anymore.
often when you weren’t allowed to be there anymore.
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As illegals we would have to stay with people who didn’t even know who we were.
As illegals we would have to stay with people who didn’t even know who we were.
As illegal we would have to stay with people who didn’t even know who we were. -
They just trusted us in needing help, on the basis of the code word.
They just trusted us in needing help, on the basis of the code word.
They just trusted us in needing help on the basis of the code word. -
I could get in anywhere with the code word, and the owner would respond with a code word and then I could stay there.
I could get in anywhere with the code word, and the owner would respond with a code word and then I could stay there.
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I had to change homes several times because I’d sneeze in the room I was hiding in.
I had to change homes several times because I’d sneeze in the room I was hiding in.
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Someone outside would happen to hear it and comment that someone must be home.
Someone outside would happen to hear it and comment that someone must be home.