European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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I came to the partisans relatively late. I’d been in hiding in Ljubljana for four months. I left in July 1944.
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A very long journey ensued of course.
A very long journey ensued of course.
A very long journey ensued, of course. -
Ultimately our goal was the village of Obcice pod Kolevskim Rogom.
Ultimately our goal was the village of Obcice pod Kolevskim Rogom.
Our ultimate destination was the village of Obcice pod Kolevskim Rogom. -
You know what?
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It was all unforgettable beautiful, already with my leaving Ljubljana and going to liberated territory.
It was all unforgettable beautiful, already with my leaving Ljubljana and going to liberated territory.
It was all unforgettably beautiful, just my leaving Ljubljana and going to liberated territory. -
That was something incredible to me, to have found myself suddenly surrounded by nature after four months of hiding in basements.
That was something incredible to me, to have found myself suddenly surrounded by nature after four months of hiding in basements.
It was something incredible to me, to find myself suddenly surrounded by nature after four months of hiding in basements. -
The journey through the Kolpa valley was extremely beautiful: first Cebranke and the Kolpa,
The journey through the Kolpa valley was extremely beautiful: first Cebranke and the Kolpa,
The journey through the Kolpa valley was extremely beautiful: first Cebranke and then Kolpa, -
which is when we left the liberated territory and headed into the Loska valley towards Bela krajina.
which is when we left the liberated territory and headed into the Loska valley towards Bela krajina.
Which is when we left the liberated territory and headed into the Loska valley towards Bela krajina. -
And there was the fact that I finally got to work on art work. I was also perfectly willing to join the brigade.
And there was the fact that I finally got to work on art work. I was also perfectly willing to join the brigade.
Additionally, I finally got to work on art work. I was also perfectly willing to join the brigade. -
Although I don’t know how that might have worked out – considering my sensitivity to the thundering of explosions.
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Probably not well at all. But at that point they weren’t taking females into the brigade anymore.
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First, I was to make the stage setting in the theater.
First, I was to make the stage setting in the theater.
First, my role was to build the stage setting in the theater. -
But there wasn’t enough to do, because there weren’t that many premieres. So I suggested that they call me on demand.
But there wasn’t enough to do, because there weren’t that many premieres. So I suggested that they call me on demand.
But there wasn’t enough to do, because there weren’t that many plays. So I suggested that they call me, on demand. -
They did, when they were preparing the first showing of Raztrganci by Matej Bor.
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I went to Bela krajina then for about two weeks to prepare the stage scenery.
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I used old stage scenery from the Sokolski dom in Crnomelj.
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A house painter from Crnomelj helped me and with joined forces we managed to paint over all of it and get everything ready.
A house painter from Crnomelj helped me and with joined forces we managed to paint over all of it and get everything ready.
A house painter from Crnomelj helped me and together we managed to paint over all of it and get everything ready. -
Hiding; Alenka joins partisan movement
Hiding; Alenka joins partisan movement
Hiding: Alenka Joins the Partisan Movement -
As soon as my father was taken away, I began to sleep elsewhere.
As soon as my father was taken away, I began to sleep elsewhere.
As soon as my father was taken, I began to sleep elsewhere. -
As long as my family was around,