European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

Never again: war and fascism.

Women in the resistance

The women were really poor.

Because they really had to pay for this, more than the others.

But they were really brave women.

Some were braver than the men.

Three of those women I took into my heart and will never forget.

They had no fears.

If there was any returned shooting they shot just the same as the others.

But some were placid.

They had nothing to laugh about, because of their “monthly problems”.

To manage all that and get through was not easy.

But they did get through and showed courage.

Most of them did the paper work in the battalions, for the bigger organisations.

But not everyone got a job like that.

But it was not easy for the women.

Some women were picked to help the wounded.

They were also very courageous. They helped as well as they could.

When I was wounded on 19th March 1945, women were there, as well.

They helped me first and then carried me to a farmer’s