European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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and I was weighing about 40 kilos by then,
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I mean, being beaten up was not funny.
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See, this is why I never wanted to see the fascists,
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I'm “glad” they gave me 42 months of war to do. I never liked them.
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Conclusion: against war and fascism
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When I came home, I joined (I hadn’t been politically organized before) the SED,
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that was the association of the social democrats, communists and many independent people.
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I worked in the ministry occasionally
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and was temporarily at the SED in Tempelhof as the 2nd secretary,
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later on even as party secretary for a company in Johannisthal.
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After 1989/90 I have been particularly interested in those moor soldier meetings.
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I arranged that moor soldiers from Köpenick could give interviews.
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We have good contact and I have been going there every year.
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I have been taking part in their meetings: against war and against fascism.
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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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