European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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looking for us, ready to shoot at us from every window.
looking for us, ready to shoot at us from every window.
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We reached Ciano without shooting.
We reached Ciano without shooting.
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It was a complete desert, we didn't even meet any local person on the street.
It was a complete desert, we didn't even meet any local person on the street.
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"What's going on?"
"What's going on?"
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Since in Ciano there was nothing we decided to go further on to the crossroads to San Polo.
Since in Ciano there was nothing we decided to go further on to the crossroads to San Polo.
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We were walking slowly,
We were walking slowly,
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keeping 10 meters distance between each of us because it was dangerous.
keeping 10 meters distance between each of us because it was dangerous.
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So we reached the church.
So we reached the church.
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We were there, chatting, all the machine guns ready
We were there, chatting, all the machine guns ready
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and all of a sudden an armoured car turned up.
and all of a sudden an armoured car turned up.
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We thought it was the Germans
We thought it was the Germans
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and got ready to shoot but
and got ready to shoot but
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it was a car driven by a black man, smoking a long cigar.
it was a car driven by a black man, smoking a long cigar.
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They recognized us as partisans so they came to us and we hugged.
They recognized us as partisans so they came to us and we hugged.
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That guy was from Brazil
That guy was from Brazil
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and as he came to us he threw the cigar away.
and as he came to us he threw the cigar away.
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As I saw it I ran to the cigar, put it out and put it in my pocket.
As I saw it I ran to the cigar, put it out and put it in my pocket.
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To that time we were smoking leaves from nut- and cherry-trees.
To that time we were smoking leaves from nut- and cherry-trees.
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But the guy saw what I was doing and gave me a new one to smoke.
But the guy saw what I was doing and gave me a new one to smoke.
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They gave us some chocolate
They gave us some chocolate