European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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They stayed near the bridge the whole night, since the partisans had taken us to the right places.
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If they weren’t covered properly they couldn’t have done anything.
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Maybe they could have managed anyway, but they would have been in danger.
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That time they were taken to the right bridge to set the mines.
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The train arrived at five in the morning and at that point they said they killed a lot of people,
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having derailed six or seven railway wagons full of ammunition.
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The mission went well, and after two days they made it back to Secchio, pleased with their brilliant action.
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Difficulties of partisan-life
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I guess it was because I thought the war would be over soon.
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Then once I started doing this it became something I had to do, some sort of duty,
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just like taking care of house chores. It was something I really liked to do.
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I did it with such enthusiasm that I wouldn’t even feel the distance I would cover by foot, from the Via Emilia,
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leaving San Pietro in the morning, all the way to Secchia, where I arrived at night with bloody feet.
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I was wearing English boots that the shoemaker had adapted to my feet.
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Even so, once I got there, I couldn’t take it anymore because my feet were hurting badly.
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After I completed my task, he would hand me a pair of scissors,
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telling me that my nails were probably too long, and he suggested that I soak my feet to feel better.
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I would then go to a house where two elderly women used to live, and I would finally sleep there in a real bed.
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The following day they cooked polenta twice, for lunch and dinner.
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One was made with chestnuts, the other one with cornmeal. I really felt well there.
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