The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
Alexis Grave: Self, Yronde farmer
Quotes
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Alexis Grave, Yronde farmer : You can't help but love your country.
Interviewer : Did you think about it in Buchenwald?
Alexis Grave, Yronde farmer : Not much.
Interviewer : You didn't?
Alexis Grave, Yronde farmer : No.
Interviewer : What did you think about?
Alexis Grave, Yronde farmer : Surviving. That's it. That's mainly what I thought about. But I'm talking about me, about how I saw things. I'm not talking about those who - there were some people who cried. When I saw them cry, I knew that they would never make it. No way. You had to think about yourself first. Ant think about others after.
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Interviewer : Do you think that having been in the Resistance gives you a good or bad reputation in the minds of others?
Self - Resistance Fighter : I think it has always given us a bad reputation, because when we were active, they called us terrorists, yes, bandits. Many people still believe this.
Alexis Grave, Resistance Fighter : Some even called us profiteers.