European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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“From this moment you’re not men or women anymore, you’re partisans.
“From this moment you’re not men or women anymore, you’re partisans.
“Hört mal, ab sofort seid ihr weder Männern noch Frauen, ihr seid Partisanen." -
You’ll do what the others do, share things with us and sleep in the same rooms,
You’ll do what the others do, share things with us and sleep in the same rooms,
Ihr tut, was die anderen tun, ihr teilt mit uns und schlaft in den gleichen Räumen, -
share our meals and all the tasks we must carry out, like patrolling the area.
share our meals and all the tasks we must carry out, like patrolling the area.
teilt das Essen mit uns, teilt alles, was zu tun ist mit uns, auch Streifendienst. -
You should learn to handle weapons, know how to care for them, load them, and how to use them.
You should learn to handle weapons, know how to care for them, load them, and how to use them.
Am Anfang werdet ihr langsam lernen. Ihr lernt die Waffen zu benutzen, lernt die Waffen kennen, wie man sie pflegt, schützt, lädt und einsetzt. -
You’ll mount guard and take part in the patrols. Little by little you’ll become combatants.
You’ll mount guard and take part in the patrols. Little by little you’ll become combatants.
Ihr werdet Wache halten, Streife laufen und nach und nach werdet ihre lernen und Kämpferinnen werden. -
Here you have the same rights and obligations as everyone else.
Here you have the same rights and obligations as everyone else.
Ihr habt hier die gleichen Rechte und die gleichen Pflichten wie die Partisanen. -
Nobody should put you into trouble and you should behave so that nobody else ends up in trouble because of you”.
Nobody should put you into trouble and you should behave so that nobody else ends up in trouble because of you”.
Niemand hier darf euch in Schwierigkeiten bringen und ihr müsst euch so verhalten, dass niemand anders in Schwierigkeiten gebracht wird”. -
At night, at first they had given us a room which was full of bedbugs.
At night, at first they had given us a room which was full of bedbugs.
Am ersten Abend hatten sie uns zuerst einen Raum gegeben, der voller Wanzen war. -
We had to run out of it as we couldn’t sleep because of the bites.
We had to run out of it as we couldn’t sleep because of the bites.
Den mussten wir fluchtartig verlassen, weil man wegen der Bisse nicht schlafen konnte. -
So the first night I slept with them I was between De Pietri, a partisan from Reggio
So the first night I slept with them I was between De Pietri, a partisan from Reggio
So habe ich die erste Nacht zwischen De Pietri, einem Partisanen aus Reggio, mit dem ich auch später -
and a young Sardinian carabiniere who had refused to follow the Germans’ orders and went to the partisans.
and a young Sardinian carabiniere who had refused to follow the Germans’ orders and went to the partisans.
noch befreundet war, und einem jungen sardischen Carabiniere verbracht. Der Carabiniere hatte sich deutschen Befehlen widersetzt und war zu den Partisanen geflohen. -
We chatted all night long.
We chatted all night long.
Wir haben die ganze Nacht über gequatscht. -
They asked me about things in the city and I asked them how we should have behaved, etc.
They asked me about things in the city and I asked them how we should have behaved, etc.
Sie fragten mich nach Informationen aus der Stadt und ich fragte, wie wir uns verhalten müssten und so. -
I really became aware of the differences.
I really became aware of the differences.
Da habe ich den Unterschied tatsächlich begriffen. -
At home, there was no way you could sleep next to a man!
At home, there was no way you could sleep next to a man!
Zu Hause wäre es unmöglich gewesen, bei einem Mann zu schlafen. -
Women were vital to the partisans. They could go where men could not. Men had failed to report for military service.
Women were vital to the partisans. They could go where men could not. Men had failed to report for military service.
Frauen waren für die Partisanen sehr wichtig, weil sie dahin gehen konnten, wo die Männer nicht hinkamen. Die Männer waren Kriegsdienstverweigerer. -
Everywhere they went, even if they were young, they were taken, searched and sent out to concentration camps at the least.
Everywhere they went, even if they were young, they were taken, searched and sent out to concentration camps at the least.
Überall wo sie auftauchten, selbst ganz junge, wurden sie festgehalten, durchsucht und im besten Fall in Konzentrationslager gebracht. -
As women, we did not have to be in the army or with the fascists. We could move in a way they weren’t allowed to.
As women, we did not have to be in the army or with the fascists. We could move in a way they weren’t allowed to.
Wir Frauen hingegen waren keine Kriegsdienstverweigerer, wir hätten nicht bei der Armee sein müssen oder in den faschistischen Milizen. Darum konnten wir uns freier bewegen als sie. -
We took care of things like printed materials, propaganda, weapons.
We took care of things like printed materials, propaganda, weapons.
Wir kümmerten uns um Druckerzeugnisse, Propaganda, Waffen, alles mögliche. -
When a GAP or SAP unit had to move in the lowlands,
When a GAP or SAP unit had to move in the lowlands,
Wenn eine GAP- oder SAP-Einheit in der Po-Ebene unterwegs war,