European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Not only were we inclined to it, indeed we experienced it extremely naively.
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It was a romantic view of unconquerable Partisans,
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the same Partisans who suddenly show up first here and then there, un-capturable!
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The first Partisans were in our eyes according to our hopes and aspirations. They did not conform to reality.
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Already in 1942 there were posters hung all over the Primorje region,
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warrants for the arrest of a renowned Partisan of the time, Janko Premrl – Vojko.
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Later he fell in action and was designated a national hero.
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A financial reward was offered to anyone who would turn him over, dead or alive, to the Italian military authorities.
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Despite the large sum posed, especially for the conditions at the time,
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no-one was tempted to betrayal or the mediation of information,
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which might bring about the arrest or the mere identification of his whereabouts or doings.
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Vojko, that is, Janko Premrl became a legendary hero in our eyes.
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We attributed to him various activities, which he never even did, nor could he have done.
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We said he’d been to Venice, Rome and atop Nanos all at the same time – like a miracle man.
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Although we knew it was impossible, it was what we thirsted for.
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In the beginning the Partisans were just a small band, but we made their strength out to be that of an entire troop.
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These were the dreamy visions of the resistance.
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But of course, anti-fascism was present in the Primorje region already prior to the war.
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Decision to join the partisan forces
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By 1941 I was ready. And not only I.
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