European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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There were two people in 1941, coming to see him. I found out later they were important organizers in the partisans.
There were two people in 1941, coming to see him. I found out later they were important organizers in the partisans.
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But I didn’t know why they came to see him. Then he just seemed to become a pacifist.
But I didn’t know why they came to see him. Then he just seemed to become a pacifist.
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He helped everyone in trouble and who came to him.
He helped everyone in trouble and who came to him.
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But he didn’t much exert himself.
But he didn’t much exert himself.
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Not to the extent that I could say he was a member of the activists of the LF.
Not to the extent that I could say he was a member of the activists of the LF.
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At home they didn’t let me work for the LF.
At home they didn’t let me work for the LF.
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But I decided that I just had to proceed independently and according to my own set of ethics.
But I decided that I just had to proceed independently and according to my own set of ethics.
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Decision to take part in the Resistance
Decision to take part in the Resistance
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I was terribly upset then that Ljubljana was occupied. I think the majority of Ljubljana residents were.
I was terribly upset then that Ljubljana was occupied. I think the majority of Ljubljana residents were.
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Ljubljana was actually on the border of the occupation zone.
Ljubljana was actually on the border of the occupation zone.
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The north of Ljubljana was occupied by the Germans,
The north of Ljubljana was occupied by the Germans,
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and from the northern border of the city and southwards were the Italians …
and from the northern border of the city and southwards were the Italians …
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not to mention the border of present-day Hungary.
not to mention the border of present-day Hungary.
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The Hungarians had entered into the Rome-Berlin Axis and occupied Prekmurje.
The Hungarians had entered into the Rome-Berlin Axis and occupied Prekmurje.
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Well, of course I knew what lay ahead of us.
Well, of course I knew what lay ahead of us.
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I knew that Italian fascism just like German Nazism had it in their programs to basically liquidate the Slovenes.
I knew that Italian fascism just like German Nazism had it in their programs to basically liquidate the Slovenes.
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For a while I knew nothing of any Liberation Front (LF), or maybe I only sensed that something was going on.
For a while I knew nothing of any Liberation Front (LF), or maybe I only sensed that something was going on.
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One day in early autumn I went up to the Ljubljana Castle and looked towards the German border of Ljubljana.
One day in early autumn I went up to the Ljubljana Castle and looked towards the German border of Ljubljana.
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I saw huge amounts of smoke billowing up above the village of Rasica.
I saw huge amounts of smoke billowing up above the village of Rasica.
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That village was situated on the German side. I don’t know how the news came in to Ljubljana.
That village was situated on the German side. I don’t know how the news came in to Ljubljana.