European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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In the camps we met civilized, working Germans.
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Sometimes that led to discussions between us.
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I always defended the idea that these people were not necessarily Nazis.
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As French people worked, they worked here and that one had to respect.
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Then it was their responsibility. They knew who we were,
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in our striped uniforms and some had a friendly word for us, in German, which we had to learn.
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I always said that one should not mix up the SS and the Germans we met at work.
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The SS made a choice. They opted for the regime, the system.
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Three, four years after coming back I was talking to some friends who said:
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“We are going to Germany, to meet some people. But of course we won’t ask you to come along.”
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I said: “Why won’t you ask me to go with you? Are you afraid that I will say that all Germans are fascists?
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Not way. If you want me to, I will come along. I promise I will behave correctly towards the Germans we meet.
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That won’t stop me from saying what happened in the camps.
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But I will not say THE Germans.”
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Activity as eyewitness; message
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I was invited as a witness to a school.
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I had a teacher friend and as we talked he said:
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“You should come talk in schools, otherwise it will be forgotten history.”
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I agreed, but hadn’t really thought about what that meant.
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So I went.
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