European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Then it spread inwards to Koroska and to the Primorje region as well.
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So Slovenia was completely covered, but not all at once. I had a variety of roles.
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First I was just a girl incorporated into the LF group with students.
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I joined the students from the Faculty of Law for a while.
I joined the students from the Faculty of Law for a while.
I joined the students from the law school for a while. -
Later I was connected with the field committee,
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because then the LF developed into an organizational network, covering all of Ljubljana.
because then the LF developed into an organizational network, covering all of Ljubljana.
because by then the LF had developed into an organizational network, covering all of Ljubljana. -
Don’t forget that Ljubljana was closed in by a wire fence to that time.
Don’t forget that Ljubljana was closed in by a wire fence to that time.
Don’t forget that Ljubljana was closed in by a wire fence at that time. -
The Italians enclosed the entire city with barbed wire. There were only a few exits from the city.
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They were strictly guarded, and sometimes we could even go out.
They were strictly guarded, and sometimes we could even go out.
They were strictly guarded, occasionally we could go out. -
We expressed it in many ways. Firstly, just by helping. This wasn’t manifested publicly.
We expressed it in many ways. Firstly, just by helping. This wasn’t manifested publicly.
We expressed resistance in many ways. Firstly, just by helping. This wasn’t manifested publicly. -
We collected food, clothes, for packages, for internees …
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Italy had immediately begun to send people
Italy had immediately begun to send people
Italy immediately began sending people -
whom they considered suspicious of working for the LF to the internment camp.
whom they considered suspicious of working for the LF to the internment camp.
that they considered suspicious of working for the LF to the internment camp. -
The internment camp was a horrible place.
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It wasn’t like Berlusconi said - that it was like going on a great holiday.
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Once in internment it was necessary to take care of the families of the internees and of people who joined the partisans.
Once in internment it was necessary to take care of the families of the internees and of people who joined the partisans.
Once in internment it was necessary to take care of the families of the internees and of the people who'd joined the partisans. -
And also of the illegal, which didn’t get coupons for rations.
And also of the illegal, which didn’t get coupons for rations.
And also families of the illegals, who didn’t get coupons for rations. -
So we had to collect necessities for everyday life.
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Places had to be arranged for meetings, in houses, where people were willing to risk letting people in to LF meetings.
Places had to be arranged for meetings, in houses, where people were willing to risk letting people in to LF meetings.
Places had to be arranged for meetings, in houses, where people were willing to risk letting people in for LF meetings. -
We, the participants at these meetings, didn’t know each other, but we had codes.