en: camillo-marmiroli: chapter-3: c: 3 title: "September 8th, 1943" subtitles: sequence-1: s: 1 from: "00:00:00,00" to: "00:00:01,17" text: " " sequence-2: s: 2 from: "00:00:01,18" to: "00:00:08,01" text: "In Yugoslavia we surrendered, we went to the pier," sequence-3: s: 3 from: "00:00:08,02" to: "00:00:17,21" text: "they brought us there and we stayed there for two days and one night," sequence-4: s: 4 from: "00:00:17,22" to: "00:00:26,11" text: "with no food, nothing, no arms, without knowing what to do or where to go." sequence-5: s: 5 from: "00:00:26,12" to: "00:00:33,16" text: "Then a big boat passed by and the Yugoslavians used megaphones" sequence-6: s: 6 from: "00:00:33,17" to: "00:00:38,17" text: "to call them to come and get us," sequence-7: s: 7 from: "00:00:38,18" to: "00:00:43,01" text: "they even shot at it to make the boat come to the beach." sequence-8: s: 8 from: "00:00:43,02" to: "00:00:51,09" text: "We were more than 600 and we entered the boat just like all these Moroccans do today." sequence-9: s: 9 from: "00:00:51,10" to: "00:00:58,12" text: "We went to sea through the Velebit which is what the place is called there." sequence-10: s: 10 from: "00:00:58,13" to: "00:01:06,04" text: "We went into the villages with the megaphones but the Italian Army didn't want us, no-one would take us," sequence-11: s: 11 from: "00:01:06,05" to: "00:01:08,06" text: "so we didn't know what to do." sequence-12: s: 12 from: "00:01:08,07" to: "00:01:15,07" text: "They told us that the Germans were out there and that the land was mined because they didn't want night attacks," sequence-13: s: 13 from: "00:01:15,08" to: "00:01:25,15" text: "so the Commander said to us we could go to Ancona and we all immediately agreed." sequence-14: s: 14 from: "00:01:25,16" to: "00:01:36,22" text: "Then I fell asleep on a pile of ropes, starving, and when I woke up I saw Ancona on the coast." sequence-15: s: 15 from: "00:01:36,23" to: "00:01:44,14" text: "We got off there and they brought us to an old factory that was full of people." sequence-16: s: 16 from: "00:01:44,15" to: "00:01:54,08" text: "They put sergeants there as guards, and I was a sergeant, they wouldn't let anyone pass." sequence-17: s: 17 from: "00:01:54,09" to: "00:02:00,14" text: "I had no Lira in my pocket, only Kunas, the Croatian currency." sequence-18: s: 18 from: "00:02:00,15" to: "00:02:04,23" text: "There was a greengrocer there and I wanted grapes" sequence-19: s: 19 from: "00:02:04,24" to: "00:02:07,17" text: "so I went there to take a look and the lady said:" sequence-20: s: 20 from: "00:02:07,18" to: "00:02:12,03" text: "“Do you want grapes?” and I said “Yes madam, but I have no money”." sequence-21: s: 21 from: "00:02:12,04" to: "00:02:14,08" text: "So she gave me the grapes for free." sequence-22: s: 22 from: "00:02:14,09" to: "00:02:18,18" text: "She was like a mother, she asked me where I came from" sequence-23: s: 23 from: "00:02:18,19" to: "00:02:23,15" text: "and she said that the Germans were coming up from Jesi, from Ancona," sequence-24: s: 24 from: "00:02:23,16" to: "00:02:27,00" text: "and that they were seizing the soldiers." sequence-25: s: 25 from: "00:02:27,01" to: "00:02:30,17" text: "I went back and talked to the other seven fellows from Reggio Emilia." sequence-26: s: 26 from: "00:02:30,18" to: "00:02:36,23" text: "Three came with me, we went home," sequence-27: s: 27 from: "00:02:36,24" to: "00:02:42,11" text: "we had a hard time but after eleven days we reached our homes walking and by train." sequence-28: s: 28 from: "00:02:42,12" to: "00:02:48,10" text: "We wanted to be home by September because then there would be grapes and figs," sequence-29: s: 29 from: "00:02:48,11" to: "00:02:53,10" text: "there would be something to eat, whereas there was nothing at the place we were staying." sequence-30: s: 30 from: "00:02:53,11" to: "00:02:58,05" text: "In Reggio I stayed at some poor peoples' house." sequence-31: s: 31 from: "00:02:58,06" to: "00:03:02,24" text: "The villa in front of the house where the landlord was living was full of Germans." sequence-32: s: 32 from: "00:03:03,00" to: "00:03:09,18" text: "I stayed there, hiding, with little to eat, nothing to smoke, it was hard." sequence-33: s: 33 from: "00:03:09,19" to: "00:03:17,24" text: "Connected through a friend of mine, I went to help a peasant harvesting grapes," sequence-34: s: 34 from: "00:03:18,00" to: "00:03:23,03" text: "stayed there two-three days. Then they sent me back home," sequence-35: s: 35 from: "00:03:23,04" to: "00:03:29,23" text: "they paid me for those couple of days and then his grandfather didn't want me around anymore because I'd escaped." sequence-36: s: 36 from: "00:03:29,24" to: "00:03:32,22" text: "It was terrible." sequence-37: s: 37 from: "00:03:32,23" to: "00:03:38,04" text: "I spent some more time hiding in Reggio without money," sequence-38: s: 38 from: "00:03:38,05" to: "00:03:43,07" text: "without anything, under the curfew, it was a terrible life." sequence-39: s: 39 from: "00:03:43,08" to: "00:03:48,21" text: "I heard about the partisans and I simply went up to the mountains and joined them, that's all." sequence-40: s: 40 from: "00:03:49,05" to: "00:03:55,09" text: "I went to my family living in the Gardenia quarter in Reggio Emilia." sequence-41: s: 41 from: "00:03:55,19" to: "00:04:00,19" text: "It was a reaction, yes, i had two brothers in the army." sequence-42: s: 42 from: "00:04:00,20" to: "00:04:02,24" text: "One was in Germany and we didn't know anything about him," sequence-43: s: 43 from: "00:04:03,00" to: "00:04:07,04" text: "the other one took a different way but we didn't know anything about him, either." sequence-44: s: 44 from: "00:04:07,05" to: "00:04:09,22" text: "It was just very, very sad." sequence-45: s: 45 from: "00:04:09,23" to: "00:04:15,12" text: "They were happy that I'd come back but they kept thinking about the other two that were missing, too."