European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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I was a tremendous individualist.
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Of course, in a war the units are under strict discipline,
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all organized according to a military structure quite necessary for leading into any type of combat.
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It wasn’t for me though; it didn’t suit my character. There was another aspect of human character.
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Even out in the open, wherever we managed to get some sleep, I always liked to sleep in a bit, I’m a bit lazy in the morning.
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When I was in the brigade, we’d usually march at night.
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We walked all night long just to get a little bit further, for instance from the Karst to the Trnovski gozd via the Vipava valley,
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where the ambushes and outposts were. I often thought these actions were dangerous or just too straining.
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So I often volunteered for various new tasks that would arise amidst a battle.
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These were more dangerous, but at least I could channel my individualism this way.
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So I became an informer. I would travel alone to Trieste with forged documents.
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It was highly risky, but I felt that my life was at my own disposal.
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Later I was with the miners. That was just a small unit, maybe there were 13 or 15 of us. It was easy to command.
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One year I worked in the educational system
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organizing the school system and appointing teachers who didn’t even exist.
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I was alone in appointing these teachers and without Slovenian schools.
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I decided to call a meeting for all the women who stayed home alone so I could present them with a dictation of a text.
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I had some knowledge of the Slovene language I reviewed the results
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and decided that the one who made the fewest mistakes would be the teacher.
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The children needed someone to present them with at least the basics of the language and a little math and reading.
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