European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

Some, mostly young officers that were in the military hospital with me, were set really hostile towards the change.

Like this: “Now it has to keep on going, we have to keep on fighting!”

Some of them played a role in the so called ’Werewolf’

as a leader of young people who put up a fight against the occupants.

Relationship between men and women of resistance

During the illegal fight emotions had to be pushed back as far as possible.

Before the Nazis marched in, from 33 activists in the anti-fascist resistance 11 were female comrades.

They achieved the same as the men.

Once I had to kiss unwillingly.

While hanging up posters, we were caught by an SS-patrol, walking a path no patrol ever used.

As I am sticking, I say: “Oh, the SS is coming!”

I instinctively put my back to the poster, and as was a cold season,

I covered the bucket of glue with my coat and she snuggled up to me and said:

“Now we have to kiss – it’s the rule!”

We kissed to cheat the SS-people and they really thought that is a loving couple.

They had the cheek to say: “Kissing is not enough. Remember the ‘Fuehrer’ needs soldiers, the ‘Fuehrer’ needs offsprings!”

We just went through such a thing with throbbing heart, but that had nothing to do with emotions.

Apart from that we had connections to our (female) radio operators that were abroad,

but that was initially limited to radio contact and coded correspondence.

When I was in Eger on holiday or because I needed my glass eye I used to say to the battalion’s doctor: