European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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before German fascism marched into the German areas of Czechoslovakia,
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they had become relevant after German fascism got rid of the Austrian cleric-fascism in 1934
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and replaced it by the Nazi regime and then proclaimed the ‘Großdeutsches Reich’ (Greater German Reich).
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That took place on the 12th and 13th March 1938.
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Ever since then we knew that the next victim would be Czechoslovakia,
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the last democratic stronghold in central Europe.
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That meant we had enough room to prepare ourselves for the illegal work,
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the anti-fascist fight from March 1938 until the Munich Agreement on 29th September 1938.
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That made the difference between the anti-fascist fight in the German areas of Czechoslovakia,
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which are now called ‘Sudetenland’,
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and the fight of the German and Austrian anti-Fascists
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who did neither have these experiences, nor these preparation times.
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Therefore the efficiency of our fight was higher.
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There were no party obligations to take part in the resistance.
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It was a voluntary decision whether or not you put up a fight,
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whether you would take the risk to stand with one foot in the grave.
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This decision had to be made by everyone alone.
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Presentation, Introduction
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My name is Lorenz Knorr;
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born in 1921 and grown up in Eger, now Cheb, in the German populated areas of Czechoslovakia.
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