European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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But when someone has done some bad deeds, well, we must get rid of him.
But when someone has done some bad deeds, well, we must get rid of him.
Aber wenn einer etwas Schlimmes gemacht hat, muss man ihn aus dem Verkehr ziehen. -
As for spies, I never really thought anything.
As for spies, I never really thought anything.
Wenn es sich um Spitzel handelte, war meine Position immer klar. -
I simply thought that they had to be spotted and killed.
I simply thought that they had to be spotted and killed.
Man musste sie ausfindig machen und dann liquidieren. -
It was also important to set apart those in good faith from those who were not.
It was also important to set apart those in good faith from those who were not.
Man muss unterscheiden können zwischen Personen, die etwas in gutem Glauben tun und denen, die es mit böser Absicht machen. -
If this woman took some money from the Germans to get our comrades killed,
If this woman took some money from the Germans to get our comrades killed,
Letztere bekamen von den deutschen Geld und unsere Leute wurden deswegen getötet, -
it meant that there was really not too much good faith there.
it meant that there was really not too much good faith there.
das passierte also nicht in guter Absicht geschah. -
They didn’t really have the fascist dogma, working for the regime.
They didn’t really have the fascist dogma, working for the regime.
Es war nicht so, dass diese Leute dem faschistischen Motto „Ich diene dem Faschismus“ gefolgt wären. -
If he’s a fascist to hurt people and is also paid for it, then it’s a double offence.
If he’s a fascist to hurt people and is also paid for it, then it’s a double offence.
Wenn jemand im Sinne der Faschisten handelt um Menschen zu schaden, und wird dann auch noch dafür bezahlt, dann macht er sich doppelt schuldig. -
There was this trail heading up, which turned around a bush.
There was this trail heading up, which turned around a bush.
Dieser aufwärts führende Pfad bog um eine Hecke herum. -
I see a German walking down with a Tak-Poum (german mashine gun) on his shoulder.
I see a German walking down with a Tak-Poum (german mashine gun) on his shoulder.
Und im nächsten Moment sehe ich einen Deutschen der dort herunter kommt mit einem Gewehr über der Schulter. -
I had my machine gun and I pointed it at him,
I had my machine gun and I pointed it at him,
Ich hatte meine MP in der Hand und zielte sie auf ihn -
so after a couple of steps (the bush wasn’t really very big) he got there and raised his hands.
so after a couple of steps (the bush wasn’t really very big) he got there and raised his hands.
und tatsächlich, nach wenigen Schritten, die Hecke war nicht besonders groß, kam er dort an und hob die Arme. -
I took his rifle and he didn’t want to give me his shotgun:
I took his rifle and he didn’t want to give me his shotgun:
Ich nahm ihm das Gewehr ab, aber er wollte mir seine Pistole nicht geben. -
I could have left it to him, keeping him in front of me, but it’s always better to be careful.
I could have left it to him, keeping him in front of me, but it’s always better to be careful.
Ich hätte ihm die Pistole lassen können und ihn vor mir laufen lassen, aber es ist immer besser vorsichtig zu sein. -
I took the gun and I brought him home.
I took the gun and I brought him home.
Anschließend habe ich ihn zu mir nach Hause gebracht, -
I guess the Germans were really longing for some milk.
I guess the Germans were really longing for some milk.
Man sah, dass sie eine große Lust auf Milch hatten, die Deutschen. -
My father used to make cheese at home, that type of cheese which is sought-after today while we hated it then because
My father used to make cheese at home, that type of cheese which is sought-after today while we hated it then because
Mein Vater machte nämlich selbst Käse, diese kleinen Käse die heute so beliebt sind, damals hassten wir sie, -
we had it all the time
we had it all the time
weil wir sie jeden Tag essen mussten. -
and he drank a whole pot of milk.
and he drank a whole pot of milk.
Er trank einen ganzen Krug Milch aus. -
The pot was on the table in order to make cheese, and he drank it all.
The pot was on the table in order to make cheese, and he drank it all.
Der Krug stand auf dem Tisch und war eigentlich für den Käse gedacht. Es hatte sich eine kleine Menschenansammlung gebildet.