European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Some was given to us by the people, some was bought, and some was taken -
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well, the way every military, unfortunately, does it.
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But we only took from those against us, against the partisans.
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Otherwise it was voluntarily and paid.
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After the war they handed in and exchanged their vouchers for livestock.
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We were glad the war was over and we had survived.
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Motivation; problems of the partisans
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With the partisans life was slightly different.
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Nowadays you say:
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“Not everybody had the opportunity to join them.”
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Many would have had an opportunity but didn’t risk it.
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I was not fit to work for the front any more.
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For me there would have probably been a job.
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But I didn’t want to. I could not share the responsibility to work with the ones that wanted to eliminate us.
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The partisans had problems with the provisions
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and sleeping in the forest overnight.
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Here and there in houses as well, still, but most of the time in the forest.
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Even in the cold and snow. The clothes froze on you.
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You felt stiff as a straw mattress.
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Only those of really a tough nature were able to handle that.
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