European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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We arrived at eleven o'clock,
We arrived at eleven o'clock,
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so we told the "staffetta" that we would go to a peasant's house nearby,
so we told the "staffetta" that we would go to a peasant's house nearby,
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and asked her to watch out and to call us when they'd arrived but to be careful.
and asked her to watch out and to call us when they'd arrived but to be careful.
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Around midnight she came to us
Around midnight she came to us
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and told us the other partisans had arrived but they were dressed in white.
and told us the other partisans had arrived but they were dressed in white.
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They didn't know the password.
They didn't know the password.
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We went to the entrance door and there they were,
We went to the entrance door and there they were,
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a group of 20 people all set there in front of us.
a group of 20 people all set there in front of us.
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When they understood that we were inside the stable
When they understood that we were inside the stable
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they shouted at us to come out with our hands up.
they shouted at us to come out with our hands up.
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Our light was burning, and one of us broke the lamp to hide us in the dark.
Our light was burning, and one of us broke the lamp to hide us in the dark.
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As soon as the light went off the shot at us.
As soon as the light went off the shot at us.
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They killed two cows and a donkey.
They killed two cows and a donkey.
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One of us had taken his shoes off and ran away barefoot.
One of us had taken his shoes off and ran away barefoot.
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We escaped to the other side of the door because we were surrounded on this side;
We escaped to the other side of the door because we were surrounded on this side;
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an iron door, that door was never opened before.
an iron door, that door was never opened before.
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Then with three or four hits we managed to force it.
Then with three or four hits we managed to force it.
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Then one by one outside while they were shooting,
Then one by one outside while they were shooting,
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but they were shooting at the cows and we were doing it on time.
but they were shooting at the cows and we were doing it on time.
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I lost track of the others, there was a hen-house but they weren't there.
I lost track of the others, there was a hen-house but they weren't there.