European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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That’s why I, even today, while history is revised, always say that it was a clean and pure fight for liberation.
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Especially with the Slovenes, in contrast to the French, the Czechs or whoever,
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who fought for the uniting of Slovenes into one community. It was pure and ethical.
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Later the passion began. It’s when some get weapons into their hands
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and also deem themselves as having the power to decide who is the enemy and who to take revenge upon.
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Of course things then happen which cause a shadow to fall over even those few ideal
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and idealistic aspects of anti-fascism, across everything that occurred between 1941 and 1945.
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First combat with German forces
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I was so eager to exchange blows with the enemy.
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I was in a battalion, equipped with only three machine-guns and rifles, very poorly armed.
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The Germans surrounded us with tanks during the night.
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It was their mighty army against ours. They waited until morning to attack.
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I immediately offered to go, and three more men were equally enthusiastic to go with me up against the German tanks with hand grenades.
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We imagined it was just a matter of throwing the grenades, we would simply kill the Germans
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and blast everything to ruins. Older and more experienced Partisans told us to calm down.
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There would be many more opportunities to fight. They clarified that it’s not that simple to destroy a tank.
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They’re not made of paper, rather of steel, and also the Germans were not sleeping.
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We were atop this hill. There was also a bit of forest around.
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The Germans approached in a dense line of ‘shooters’ followed by a display of tanks, slowly advancing in the rear.
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We then recognized the horror.
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