European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Then they prohibited bicycles and I couldn’t go anywhere anymore.
Then they prohibited bicycles and I couldn’t go anywhere anymore.
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To find a way back out into nature, I turned my ‘bicycle’ into a ‘tricycle’.
To find a way back out into nature, I turned my ‘bicycle’ into a ‘tricycle’.
To find a way back out into the nature, I turned my ‘bicycle’ into a ‘tricycle’. -
I took a wheel from my sister’s bicycle and had a colleague attach it to my bicycle.
I took a wheel from my sister’s bicycle and had a colleague attach it to my bicycle.
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So I could go out again on my tricycle. I rode to the Ljubljana marsh and such.
So I could go out again on my tricycle. I rode to the Ljubljana marsh and such.
So I could go out again on my tricycle. I rode to the Ljubljana Marsh and such like. -
On the way back to the city, the guards stopped me
On the way back to the city, the guards stopped me
Returning to the city, the guards stopped me -
and inspected me and discovered that all I had were flowers and let me pass on through.
and inspected me and discovered that all I had were flowers and let me pass on through.
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But when I reached today’s Presernova Street and passed by the Italian police,
But when I reached today’s Presernova Street and passed by the Italian police,
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somebody started screaming that I should be stopped.
somebody started screaming that I should be stopped.
somebody started shrieking that I should be stopped. -
Then the so-called ‘quaestors’ arrested me and confiscated my tricycle and took me to the police.
Then the so-called ‘quaestors’ arrested me and confiscated my tricycle and took me to the police.
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What was I doing with this? I told them that I went out into countryside.
What was I doing with this? I told them that I went out into countryside.
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Then they put me in a police car, a policeman on each side of me.
Then they put me in a police car, a policeman on each side of me.
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I felt so ashamed to be taken home in such company. They drove me home because I admitted where I lived.
I felt so ashamed to be taken home in such company. They drove me home because I admitted where I lived.
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My father opened the door and they asked if I really was his daughter. He confirmed I was.
My father opened the door and they asked if I really was his daughter. He confirmed I was.
My father opened the door and asked if I really was his daughter. He confirmed. -
“Does she live here?” - “She lives here.”
“Does she live here?” - “She lives here.”
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They then left and the next day I got my tricycle back.
They then left and the next day I got my tricycle back.
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But I wasn’t permitted to ride it anymore because after my little adventure, tricycles were also banned.
But I wasn’t permitted to ride it anymore because after my little adventure, tricycles were also banned.
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Activities under Italian Occupation
Activities under Italian Occupation
Activities under Italian occupation -
My role in the LF varied.
My role in the LF varied.
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It wasn’t just a secret network limited to Ljubljana.
It wasn’t just a secret network limited to Ljubljana.
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It went through all of Slovenia, developing gradually.
It went through all of Slovenia, developing gradually.