European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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“You were so active during the resistance; you were responsible for the liberation of Nanterre together with Louis Meunier, etc…”
“You were so active during the resistance; you were responsible for the liberation of Nanterre together with Louis Meunier, etc…”
„Du warst so aktiv während der Résistance. Du warst zusammen mit Louis Meunier verantwortlich für die Befreiung von Nanterre, etc…“ -
To quote Bertolt Brecht: “the lap of the repulsive beast is still fertile”;
To quote Bertolt Brecht: “the lap of the repulsive beast is still fertile”;
Um Bertolt Brecht zu zitieren: „Der Schoß ist fruchtbar noch, aus dem das kroch“. -
we had not and have not totally liberated ourselves from fascism.
we had not and have not totally liberated ourselves from fascism.
Wir hatten uns noch nicht und haben uns noch nicht ganz vom Faschismus befreit. -
Therefore we felt the need to inform and to act.
Therefore we felt the need to inform and to act.
Deshalb fanden wir es notwendig, zu informieren und zu agieren. -
In school history books, there was very little information about the time:
In school history books, there was very little information about the time:
In Geschichtsbüchern für Schulen gab es sehr wenig Information über die Zeit: -
General De Gaulle’s speech and the Shoah.
General De Gaulle’s speech and the Shoah.
General De Gaulles Rede und die Shoah. -
That is very important, but it is not enough to explain the complexity of World War II.
That is very important, but it is not enough to explain the complexity of World War II.
Das ist sehr wichtig, aber es reicht nicht, um die Komplexität des Zweiten Weltkriegs zu erklären. -
We were asked by history teachers to talk about our experience in class.
We were asked by history teachers to talk about our experience in class.
Wir wurden von Geschichtslehrern gebeten im Unterricht über unsere Erfahrung zu sprechen. -
We thought it was important to do even more
We thought it was important to do even more
Wir fanden es wichtig, noch mehr zu tun -
and started organizing school trips to different memorials, the places where Nazi crimes were committed.
and started organizing school trips to different memorials, the places where Nazi crimes were committed.
und begannen Klassenfahrten zu verschiedenen Gedenkstätten zu organisieren, den Orten, wo die Naziverbrechen begangen wurden. -
We organized school trips to Oradour s/Glane,
We organized school trips to Oradour s/Glane,
Wir organisierten Klassenfahrten nach Oradour-sur-Glane, -
to Struthof, the only Nazi concentration camp there was in France, in Alsace.
to Struthof, the only Nazi concentration camp there was in France, in Alsace.
nach Struthof im Elsaß, dem einzigen Nazi-Konzentrationslager in Frankreich. -
We took classes of three different schools to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
We took classes of three different schools to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Wir brachten Klassen von drei verschiedenen Schulen nach Auschwitz-Birkenau. -
We want to show young people the atrocities of racism and xenophobia, the total absence of freedom.
We want to show young people the atrocities of racism and xenophobia, the total absence of freedom.
Wir wollen den jungen Leuten die Gräueltaten von Rassismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit, die totale Abwesenheit von Freiheit zeigen. -
There are several of us.
There are several of us.
Es gibt mehrere von uns. -
One comrade, Lucien Ducastel had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
One comrade, Lucien Ducastel had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Ein Kamerad, Lucien Ducastel, wurde nach Auschwitz-Birkenau deportiert. -
We also do this in memory of our comrades who died in Auschwitz.
We also do this in memory of our comrades who died in Auschwitz.
Wir taten dies auch im Gedenken an unsere Kameraden, die in Auschwitz starben. -
Today more than ever it is necessary to do this work, because in Europe
Today more than ever it is necessary to do this work, because in Europe
Es ist heute mehr denn je notwendig, diese Arbeit zu machen, -
because in Europe there is a dangerous rise of fascism.
because in Europe there is a dangerous rise of fascism.
weil es in Europa einen gefährlichen Aufstieg von Faschismus gibt. -
Let us remember that Hitler got to power legally.
Let us remember that Hitler got to power legally.
Erinnern wir uns daran, dass Hitler rechtmäßig an die Macht kam.