European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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This is the conclusion: War is something terrible!
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It creates horrible conditions - not only for the soldiers but for civilians, as well.
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You have to turn against fascism and now, as well, the neo-Nazis to be able to prevent similar affairs.
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That could maybe be even the closing words, if you have no other questions:
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This conclusion did not only arise in recent years.
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You were already living with this decision in the times you were imprisoned and then afterwards during the war.
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The choice of doing what I did.
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Yes, our life was very difficult.
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But we had made a choice. We could have put up our feet and watched TV.
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But we didn’t make that choice. I can’t explain exactly why.
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On one hand, it was thanks to the way my parents educated me.
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As soon as I was old enough, they told me what Italian fascism was.
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Then it was thanks to the teachers in school,
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especially my last one. I have very fond memories of him.
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He embedded in us the principles of loyalty, taught us what it meant to be a citizen,
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to be someone who took on responsibilities and acted in life.
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Commitment after the war until today
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I did not start immediately as a witness.
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Even though I was a member of the association of former resistance fighters, I had other political responsibilities.
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I had joined the French Communist Party in 1943, when it was still clandestine,
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