European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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We were used to living modestly already during the war. But this wasn’t the main problem.
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The main problem was that my father was gone, my husband was gone, and many of my friends were gone.
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One had to survive. So I’ve survived for most of my life.
One had to survive. So I’ve survived for most of my life.
One had to survive. So I’ve gotten by for most of my life. -
I’ve supported myself as a professor of art, initially at high schools and then, following the reorganization of the schooling system, in elementary schools.
I’ve supported myself as a professor of art, initially at high schools and then, following the reorganization of the schooling system, in elementary schools.
I’ve supported myself as an art teacher, initially in high schools and then, following the reorganization of the schooling system, in elementary schools. -
All up to my retirement in 1969, when I finally found my true calling.
All up to my retirement in 1969, when I finally found my true calling.
Up to my retirement in 1969, when I finally found my true calling. -
Partisan Vito, Alenkas husband
Partisan Vito, Alenkas husband
Partisan Vito, Alenka's husband -
Later, Vito, a partisan not yet 26 years old, came to the Central Technique.
Later, Vito, a partisan not yet 26 years old, came to the Central Technique.
Later on, Vito, a partisan not yet 26 years old, came to the Technical Center. -
Vito was an extremely talented painter, despite not being schooled.
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His wish was to become a vocational painter after the war.
His wish was to become a vocational painter after the war.
He wanted to become a vocational painter after the war. -
Vito came to the Central Technique after me.
Vito came to the Central Technique after me.
Vito came to the Technical Center after me. -
Before though, he spent a long time in an Italian internment camp.
Before though, he spent a long time in an Italian internment camp.
Before, though, he'd spent a long time in an Italian internment camp. -
Due to the long and harsh conditions, he suffered from a very bad case of articular rheumatism.
Due to the long and harsh conditions, he suffered from a very bad case of articular rheumatism.
Due to the long, harsh conditions there, he suffered from a very bad case of articular rheumatism. -
He didn’t go home when Italy capitulated, because that would still have been too dangerous.
He didn’t go home when Italy capitulated, because that would still have been too dangerous.
He didn’t go home when Italy surrendered, because it would have still been too dangerous. -
Rather, he went straight to the partisans and in the dead of winter,
Rather, he went straight to the partisans and in the dead of winter,
Instead, he went straight to the partisans, and in the dead of winter, -
joined the march of the Ljubljana brigade and the 18th division to Gorski Kotar.
joined the march of the Ljubljana brigade and the 18th division to Gorski Kotar.
he joined the march of the Ljubljana brigade and the 18th Division to Gorski Kotar. -
It was a terribly cold winter and his rheumatism went worse.
It was a terribly cold winter and his rheumatism went worse.
It was a terribly cold winter and his rheumatism got worse. -
There were no antibiotics at the time or any such medicine.
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He slept with high temperature directly upon some branches lying on the snow.
He slept with high temperature directly upon some branches lying on the snow.
He slept with high fevers, laying on branches in the snow. -
His high temperature from the infection then affected his cardiac valves.
His high temperature from the infection then affected his cardiac valves.
His fever from the infection affected his cardiac valves. -
Although he and we were unaware, he was dead sick when he came to the Central Technique.
Although he and we were unaware, he was dead sick when he came to the Central Technique.
None of us, including him, was aware he was deadly ill when he came to the Technical Center.