European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

I cannot remember what we had to eat, either.

I can remember a partisan brought a loaf of bread and a can of milk once.

We were so happy that we could at least eat properly.

But we only got a little piece and one or two mouths full of milk.

I was so disappointed. I thought:

‘Why does she give us so little all the time?’ We did not understand that she had to economize.

After a while she gave us some more and explained that she had to ration.

It was always dangerous to stay in one bunker for too long;

far away from the farmers, resulting in bad provisions.

So we went over a mountain into Yugoslavia.

That time we walked the whole night.

So long that I fell asleep walking.

When we were outside at night I always watched the stars.

That was the only amusement we had.

Here and there we were in a stable, that was nice.

It was warm in the stable and we were used to the smell.

The main thing was that it was warm and safe there.

But most of the time we stayed in bunkers.

There was fighting, as well.

Once, we were hiding in the forest when there was fighting.