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well. I consulted my friend Josef about ournext escape, but he was still trying to forgetthe ordeal that we'd endured and decidednot to go. We collected enough money togo by train all the way to Germany.Unfortunately, I was unable to buy Austrianand German money. Nonetheless wedecided to go within a week. Beforeleaving, I went to see my Aunt Angela inthe village of Pesnica. She was alwaysfond of me, since apparently I was the onlyone in our family who resembled mymother and her side of the family.Freedom is the right to live as wewishEpictetus
Third EscapeThrough my Aunt Angela, I found out thatbesides our uncle in Graz, Austria, we alsohad a cousin who lived just 20 kilometersacross the border. This, coincidentally,was the region where my friend and I werecaught at the border. Then my aunt said,"Don't count on him or your uncle too muchfor help.” I trusted my aunt, since she too atage 16 escaped to Vienna. She worked fora while, but her father made her come backbecause she was under age. Thishappened in the year 1920, after the FirstWorld War, when so many Europeans hadimmigrated to the New World of North andSouth America.My brother and I gathered enoughmoney for the train fare to take us acrossAustria to Germany. Unfortunately I hadbeen unable to change dinars into Austrianand German currencies. The solution forthis was to cross the border near my firstfailed attempt, and then reach my cousin,who would hopefully change our money.This time I made sure we had cotton sockswith good, comfortable shoes and lots ofhot and black pepper for snarling dogs.We discreetly departed home atsundown, walking through Maribor andcontinued on the now-familiar roads intothe mountains. Late in the evening it beganto rain with thunder and lightning. Thedusty mountain road turned to slip-slidingmud. But that was an advantage: fewerpeople to meet or hide from, includingthose nasty farm dogs. Once we had tohide and wait in the forest to let by a slow,
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Page 31 and 32: We were all political prisoners, an
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Page 35 and 36: e dead by the time they return. Wem
Page 37 and 38: for father, he knew nothing about t
Page 39 and 40: which I was glad to help with after
Page 41 and 42: Fourth EscapeI told my brother of m
Page 43 and 44: all very disappointed. I had believ
Page 45 and 46: us. She said, “No." We felt semi-
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Page 49 and 50: As I left, few blocks down the road
Page 51 and 52: thought the two bridges in Maribor
Page 53 and 54: said, "No, they never mentioned it
Page 55 and 56: puzzled. As I entered the house's h
Page 57 and 58: money, and my friend’s bicycle, w
Page 59 and 60: Sixth Escape - FreedomI went to the
Page 61 and 62: for about an hour, where I sat down
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Page 65 and 66: under my pillow for safety.When I w
Page 67 and 68: was off again, energized and in goo
Page 69 and 70: continued to France, also a veryacc
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