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That’s what the partisan struggle was about.
That’s what the partisan struggle was about.
La lotta partigiana è stata questa. -
Fourteen months of actions.
Fourteen months of actions.
Cioè sono stati 14 mesi pieni di tutte queste azioni. -
If it wasn’t everyday, there was something one night, something else the following and the one after too.
If it wasn’t everyday, there was something one night, something else the following and the one after too.
Se non c’erano tutti i giorni... c’erano uno una sera, uno quell’altra, uno quell’altra. -
I did this the whole time, continuously.
I did this the whole time, continuously.
Però io ho fatto questo lavoro sempre di continuo. -
If I wasn’t typewriting, I was riding my bicycle going all over the place, to Bologna or other towns.
If I wasn’t typewriting, I was riding my bicycle going all over the place, to Bologna or other towns.
Se non ero alla macchina da scrivere, ero in bicicletta che andavo o là o a Bologna o da una parte o dall’altra, -
More or less constantly: these actions, these deaths.
More or less constantly: these actions, these deaths.
ma più o meno è sempre stata una lotta continua di queste cose, di queste azioni, di morti, -
Because there were battles, casualties too.
Because there were battles, casualties too.
perché purtroppo le battaglie c’erano... i morti ci sono stati. -
It was fourteen months of battle.
It was fourteen months of battle.
Sono sempre stati 14 mesi di battaglie. -
Deportation of the father and friends
Deportation of the father and friends
Deportazione del padre e di amici -
At that point I see a fascist, a German van driving up the hill.
At that point I see a fascist, a German van driving up the hill.
Allora io vedo passare la camionetta dei fascisti, dei tedeschi che va su. -
Since all peasants were at the strike… the van proceeds further up…
Since all peasants were at the strike… the van proceeds further up…
Siccome allo sciopero c’erano tutti i contadini... e va su e continua... -
they went to Aleotti’s house instead and set it on fire (the Aleotti family was at the strike).
they went to Aleotti’s house instead and set it on fire (the Aleotti family was at the strike).
è andata invece a casa di Aleotti e gli han incendiato la casa, che poi gli Aleotti erano allo sciopero. -
Somebody had betrayed us immediately, since in Montecavolo there were many fascists.
Somebody had betrayed us immediately, since in Montecavolo there were many fascists.
Subito hanno fatto la spia, perché a Montecavolo c’erano poi tanti fascisti, non è che eravamo tutti... -
They betrayed so that the strike went well in Montecavolo and not in the other towns around Reggio
They betrayed so that the strike went well in Montecavolo and not in the other towns around Reggio
Hanno fatto la spia e dopo, lo sciopero diciamo che è riuscito a Montecavolo e non negli altri paesi di Reggio perché... -
because, if this had happened in the whole Province, fascists and Germans would have had a lot to do!
because, if this had happened in the whole Province, fascists and Germans would have had a lot to do!
se fosse successo questo in tutta la provincia... avevano qualcosa da fare i fascisti e i tedeschi! -
They focused on Montecavolo, while in Rivalta the strike didn’t work out
They focused on Montecavolo, while in Rivalta the strike didn’t work out
Invece così si sono concentrati su Montecavolo, perché a Rivalta non è riuscito -
because somebody was telling people “not to go in order not to get killed”.
because somebody was telling people “not to go in order not to get killed”.
perché qualcuno diceva, così come dicevan dopo, che qualcuno diceva: “Non andate perché vi andate a fare ammazzare”. -
It could have been so, but these battles had to be done,
It could have been so, but these battles had to be done,
Vabbè, questo poteva anche essere, comunque le lotte erano da fare, -
they were part of what we were fighting for.
they were part of what we were fighting for.
perché facevano parte a tutta questa clandestinità -
We had to fight in order to get rid of all this.
We had to fight in order to get rid of all this.
che avevamo, lottavamo apposta per... c’eran da fare le lotte per arrivare a finire tutto questo.