European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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is the result of the actions of many perhaps completely insignificant people,
is the result of the actions of many perhaps completely insignificant people,
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who together can achieve something historically significant.
who together can achieve something historically significant.
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So I decided that I can’t let myself just stand aside.
So I decided that I can’t let myself just stand aside.
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So I went straight to the telephone – there weren’t many at the time, but we had one in our home –
So I went straight to the telephone – there weren’t many at the time, but we had one in our home –
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and called my friends, who I’d heard whispering stuff. I had sensed it had something to do with the occupier.
and called my friends, who I’d heard whispering stuff. I had sensed it had something to do with the occupier.
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I said I wanted to get ‘in’, that I also wanted to do whatever they knew about. The very next day I was called to my first meeting.
I said I wanted to get ‘in’, that I also wanted to do whatever they knew about. The very next day I was called to my first meeting.
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Introduction
Introduction
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For many years I also taught drawing at various schools,
For many years I also taught drawing at various schools,
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but now in my old age I have dedicated myself entirely to my primary vocation – painting.
but now in my old age I have dedicated myself entirely to my primary vocation – painting.
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I’m 87 years old. My generation experienced WWII.
I’m 87 years old. My generation experienced WWII.
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Experienced massive changes during the war and then after the war as well.
Experienced massive changes during the war and then after the war as well.
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I must say that we imagined a different world after WWII. A different world would arise than the one we live in now.
I must say that we imagined a different world after WWII. A different world would arise than the one we live in now.
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But one just has to adjust one’s expectations to what is going on in society.
But one just has to adjust one’s expectations to what is going on in society.
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At the time I was very active in Ljubljana and a lot was going on in Ljubljana.
At the time I was very active in Ljubljana and a lot was going on in Ljubljana.
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The walls were plastered with lists of hostages
The walls were plastered with lists of hostages
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and practically every day you would be informed of something horrible.
and practically every day you would be informed of something horrible.
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It is difficult to say whether one could even feel in the mood to create some great piece of art.
It is difficult to say whether one could even feel in the mood to create some great piece of art.
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Nonetheless, I would, just to remain a painter –
Nonetheless, I would, just to remain a painter –
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usually doing things similar to that in the program at the Zagreb Academy – just enough to stay in condition.
usually doing things similar to that in the program at the Zagreb Academy – just enough to stay in condition.
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It was later, when I joined the partisans that I could finally make use of my painting skills.
It was later, when I joined the partisans that I could finally make use of my painting skills.