European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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The German said “Ja, ja, ja”. I got off the train and headed towards the fountain.
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The German joined another soldier further away and started eating a peace of watermelon with him.
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I threw away the tin and started to run as fast as I could. I was skinny then and 23 years old.
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The soldier took out his gun and started shooting at me.
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But, when I started running, a friend of mine tried to come along.
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He was hit in the thigh and fell over the tracks.
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The number on the arm
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Often the children ask me why I don’t have the number removed.
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I tell them, I could have it removed, but I won’t.
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It was done by the Nazis, the people working for the Nazis.
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We weren’t called by our names but by a number that we had to learn to say in German.
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It doesn’t bother me to have it on the arm. I don’t carry it around for advertisement. It’s just reality, that’s all.
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Distinguishing between Germans and Nazis
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We tried to go undercover as much as possible during the German occupation,
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even though I was not totally undercover. I still lived with my parents.
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We thought about how we could distribute our leaflets.
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Our concern was the French population, not the Germans. It was necessary to fight against the occupiers.
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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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