European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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You would deliberately throw a spanner in the works, as long as you could and as long as you could breathe.
You would deliberately throw a spanner in the works, as long as you could and as long as you could breathe.
You would deliberately throw a spanner in the works, as long as you could and as long as you could breathe. -
Well, did I kill somebody... We did shoot, but then knowing if we killed them for sure is another story.
Well, did I kill somebody... We did shoot, but then knowing if we killed them for sure is another story.
Well, did I kill somebody... We did shoot, but then knowing if we killed them for sure is another story. -
That’s what the partisan struggle was about. Fourteen months more or less, constantly: these actions, these deaths.
That’s what the partisan struggle was about. Fourteen months more or less, constantly: these actions, these deaths.
That’s what the partisan struggle was about. Fourteen months more or less, constantly: these actions, these deaths. -
Jak się jechało na przesłuchanie, jak człowiek nie przychodził, tylko go przywozili do celi.
Jak się jechało na przesłuchanie, jak człowiek nie przychodził, tylko go przywozili do celi.
When you were taken to an investigation, when you could not walk any more, you were brought to the cell. -
Tam poszłam do pani, którą raz tylko w zyciu widziałam, miałam tam punkt kontaktowy naznaczony. Ona mi mówi proszę pani, pani moze uratować dziecko.
Tam poszłam do pani, którą raz tylko w zyciu widziałam, miałam tam punkt kontaktowy naznaczony. Ona mi mówi proszę pani, pani moze uratować dziecko.
I went to a lady that I saw once in my life. It was my contact spot. She said to me: you can save a child. -
Nas, jako za młodych jeszcze, do dywersji nie chciano. Nasze władze harcerskie bardzo pilnowały tego, zeby za młodych ludzi nie dawać do dywersji.
Nas, jako za młodych jeszcze, do dywersji nie chciano. Nasze władze harcerskie bardzo pilnowały tego, zeby za młodych ludzi nie dawać do dywersji.
They did not want us in sabotage, we were too young. Our scout authorities made it clear not to get us into sabotage. -
There was no real future for us. But that made you stronger to go into the resistance and help wherever you could.
There was no real future for us. But that made you stronger to go into the resistance and help wherever you could.
There was no real future for us. But that made you stronger to go into the resistance and help wherever you could. -
You are young people. Don’t fight with each other. Be collegial. Be friends because you don’t know what the tomorrow will be like.
You are young people. Don’t fight with each other. Be collegial. Be friends because you don’t know what the tomorrow will be like.
You are young people. Don’t fight with each other. Be collegial. Be friends because you don’t know what the tomorrow will be like. -
The Resistance for me was just like going to university. I learned to feel confident throughout my whole life.
The Resistance for me was just like going to university. I learned to feel confident throughout my whole life.
The Resistance for me was just like going to university. I learned to feel confident throughout my whole life. -
I remember Strozzi saying: »War has never brought anything good for the poor.«
I remember Strozzi saying: »War has never brought anything good for the poor.«
I remember Strozzi saying: »War has never brought anything good for the poor.« -
What did we know about politics? With fascism, you could only read what they gave to you, and you didn’t even have the right to make comments.
What did we know about politics? With fascism, you could only read what they gave to you, and you didn’t even have the right to make comments.
What did we know about politics? With fascism, you could only read what they gave to you, and you didn’t even have the right to make comments. -
I started to run as fast as I could. I was skinny then and 23 years old. The soldier took out his gun and started shooting at me.
I started to run as fast as I could. I was skinny then and 23 years old. The soldier took out his gun and started shooting at me.
I started to run as fast as I could. I was skinny then and 23 years old. The soldier took out his gun and started shooting at me. -
I will join the partisans from Carpineti because i wanted the war to end.
I will join the partisans from Carpineti because i wanted the war to end.
I will join the partisans from Carpineti because i wanted the war to end. -
It was the Italian occupiers who gunned down every liberation movement. They shot so many innocent hostages.
It was the Italian occupiers who gunned down every liberation movement. They shot so many innocent hostages.
It was the Italian occupiers who gunned down every liberation movement. They shot so many innocent hostages. -
Killing, even in the name of great ideals, will ultimately come back to you later in form of a trauma.
Killing, even in the name of great ideals, will ultimately come back to you later in form of a trauma.
Killing, even in the name of great ideals, will ultimately come back to you later in form of a trauma. -
The Tchetniks attacked us from behind and they massacred the Partisans, all from behind our line. We lost 700 men in one night and one day.
The Tchetniks attacked us from behind and they massacred the Partisans, all from behind our line. We lost 700 men in one night and one day.
The Tchetniks attacked us from behind and they massacred the Partisans, all from behind our line. We lost 700 men in one night and one day. -
I could not share the responsibility to work with the ones that wanted to eliminate us.
I could not share the responsibility to work with the ones that wanted to eliminate us.
I could not share the responsibility to work with the ones that wanted to eliminate us. -
Why then, do we kill each other? Why? Because the ones that decide to wage war are not the ones who fight it.
Why then, do we kill each other? Why? Because the ones that decide to wage war are not the ones who fight it.
Why then, do we kill each other? Why? Because the ones that decide to wage war are not the ones who fight it. -
I've always said that those two would have to die before me: Mussolini and Hitler.
I've always said that those two would have to die before me: Mussolini and Hitler.
I've always said that those two would have to die before me: Mussolini and Hitler. -
I don't agree at all with that Pope that blessed the arms: arms must be cursed, not blessed.