European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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After 14 days the medical consultant of the hospital said:
After 14 days the medical consultant of the hospital said:
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“I will grant you a holiday although I know 100% that you will never come back.”
“I will grant you a holiday although I know 100% that you will never come back.”
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My answer was: “I will come back, where else should I go?”
My answer was: “I will come back, where else should I go?”
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I was with walking sticks, I couldn’t go anywhere.
I was with walking sticks, I couldn’t go anywhere.
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It is just a shame that I didn’t go back to that doctor after the war.
It is just a shame that I didn’t go back to that doctor after the war.
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Then I could have reported: “Mr. Consultant, I am back.”
Then I could have reported: “Mr. Consultant, I am back.”
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Who supported the partisans?
Who supported the partisans?
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Well, there were only few that weren’t with the partisans.
Well, there were only few that weren’t with the partisans.
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In the town there were more.
In the town there were more.
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Bleiburg is a known town and Carinthia was a Nazi stronghold,
Bleiburg is a known town and Carinthia was a Nazi stronghold,
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but the population outside was of different opinion.
but the population outside was of different opinion.
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There were only few and they did not report us to the police –
There were only few and they did not report us to the police –
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kept quiet and did not keep in touch with us.
kept quiet and did not keep in touch with us.
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But only about 10 % weren’t with us.
But only about 10 % weren’t with us.
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First contact with partisans
First contact with partisans
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We had already heard in 1942 that partisans were staying in our area.
We had already heard in 1942 that partisans were staying in our area.
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But the first contact was at Easter 1943
But the first contact was at Easter 1943
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when the first partisans came and knocked at the door:
when the first partisans came and knocked at the door:
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“Mother, open!
“Mother, open!
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The partisans are here; the army of the Slovenian people.
The partisans are here; the army of the Slovenian people.