European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

I went to find her and it was a wholly different story.

And here we are now.

I've given a lot, also as a volunteer for the ANPI.

I did it with my heart

because it wasn't something that was ordered to me.

It was my initiative because I thought that the partisans were fighting for a right cause.

Liberation

April was a boring month.

Every evening we went to hear Radio London

but all we could say was

that we were still patrolling

because we were not ready yet for the big push forward.

When the comander of the battalion came home he told us:

"Guys, get prepared because tomorrow we're leaving!"

"What? What does this mean? Where are we going?"

"Tomorrow morning we're going down, to Reggio".

"Oh, come on!"

"Yes, by now everyone is moving.

Tomorrow morning the whole battalion and our brigade has to move down to Ciano".

I couldn't sleep that night,