European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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We were meant to be attacked, too,
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but we still carried on with our camp, as we had received support by labourer’s organisations from a village.
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And fortunately there was no attack.
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Who knows what that would have turned out to be like.
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Hitler, he received the power through Hindenburg.
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The labour movement was so divided that no unified resistance could be formed.
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There were a lot of protest demonstrations.
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That led to the provocation later on – the burning of the Reichstag –
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after which many people were arrested. It had all been prepared for.
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There were mass arrests of the labour officials.
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Political education
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Something else helped my attitude and that was the year 1929, I think.
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That was when the book “All quiet on the Western Front “, by Remarque was published.
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This book was read by the organised youngsters of the union,
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in the SAJ (socialistic labourer youth) or communistic labourer youth or by the labourer sportsmen.
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The older ones, who took part in the First World War, had to report at our youth centre evenings:
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“What was it like in Verdun, or somewhere else?” -
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Your Experiences! And that strengthened many youngsters in their fight against the fascist danger that appeared over the years.
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The SA tried to ban the film and did manage.
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That is something that accompanied me further on in my life;
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