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title: 'Sara: My Whole Life Was a Struggle'
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Chapter 7: Sara
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Highlight: Those who didn’t have the strength to work illegally as revolutionary leftists entered the CHP as leftists to try to oppose the state.

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Highlight: I just didn’t know yet what being a revolutionary really meant. The theoretical-ideological dimension and the practical-organizational work were both strange to me. A few general truths had impressed me, but I lacked information and consciousness. I didn’t want to become a revolutionary at the behest of others, or to join a fraction without really being convinced about it. That train of thought wasn’t conscious, but that’s how I was from the beginning. Still, my self-awareness was growing.

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I wasn't fussy about those with whom I sympathized, but I felt a deep connection to these friends. Gradually I developed a position strong enough that those who instilled confidence in me gave me unsurpassed joy and excitement. I did not hesitate, hold back, or doubt. I didn't ask where this story would lead, who these people were, or what they represented. The answers lay in the confidence, grounded in respect and love that I felt toward the comrades because of their way of life. I was sure that over time all specific questions would be answered.
It isn't wasy to describe everything, or for you to understand, without having lived it yourself. Writing can't do justice to the simplicity and beauty of those days or capture my feelings at the time. As I write, I'm experiencing them once again, with all my heart and with full consciousness. It was wonderful to arrive, so unconditionally and genuinely, through contradictions and struggles, at an idea. It was an immense joy, and I will repeat it aloud now: _I'm the happiest person in the world because I participate in this struggle_.

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Highlight: I had no difficulty staying in touch with people and usually left a mostly positive impression.

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Highlight: It was better to have a horrible end than an unending horror, so that’s how I behaved.

