European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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We were so full and it was wonderful.
We were so full and it was wonderful.
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So I lay down on the bench and thought: ‘what could I do to be allowed to stay?’
So I lay down on the bench and thought: ‘what could I do to be allowed to stay?’
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I played being unconscious.
I played being unconscious.
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Whenever they picked me up I fell down again until the woman said:
Whenever they picked me up I fell down again until the woman said:
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“This one is so exhausted, you cannot take her either. Just let her stay here.”
“This one is so exhausted, you cannot take her either. Just let her stay here.”
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That possibly saved my life.
That possibly saved my life.
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When the aunt left she went to a bunker in Ojstra, in Carinthia, near Eisenkappl.
When the aunt left she went to a bunker in Ojstra, in Carinthia, near Eisenkappl.
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This bunker was betrayed and she was shot dead.
This bunker was betrayed and she was shot dead.
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The others got away, but she didn’t.
The others got away, but she didn’t.
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If I would have been there I don’t know what would have happened to me.
If I would have been there I don’t know what would have happened to me.
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At the farmer’s it was really nice.
At the farmer’s it was really nice.
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But it was still war and it was the last farmer before the border. There was bad fighting there.
But it was still war and it was the last farmer before the border. There was bad fighting there.
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Hiding with partisans in bunkers
Hiding with partisans in bunkers
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At the end of January 1944
At the end of January 1944
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the aunt got us ready and dressed.
the aunt got us ready and dressed.
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We asked: “Where are we going?”
We asked: “Where are we going?”
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The older ones already knew, but the little ones didn’t.
The older ones already knew, but the little ones didn’t.
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She said: “Well, we are going to church.”
She said: “Well, we are going to church.”
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So we asked: “At night? Why are we going to church at night?
So we asked: “At night? Why are we going to church at night?
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Why is there a church service at night tonight?”
Why is there a church service at night tonight?”